Wie sind deine Familie und Freunde? Adding un-, word order, superlatives
I can use the correct word order when giving my opinion about photos.
Wie sind deine Familie und Freunde? Adding un-, word order, superlatives
I can use the correct word order when giving my opinion about photos.
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Key learning points
- Add ‘un’ to adjectives for their negative or opposite meaning.
- Use word order two after 'meiner Meinung nach', and adverbs of time, manner, place.
- Use the superlative to express the highest degree of something, e.g., the most.
- To form the superlative, use ‘am’ before the adjective/adverb, and then add ‘-sten’.
- Use word order three after 'ich denke, dass' and 'ich glaube, dass'.
Keywords
Superlative - a form of adjective or adverb used to express the highest degree of a quality, e.g., the tallest, the most interesting
Word order two - inverts the subject and verb in a sentence
Word order three - sends the verb to the end
Common misconception
I should use word order two after phrases of opinion.
Use word order two after 'meiner Meinung nach' and word order three after 'ich denke, dass' and 'ich glaube, dass'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
form, shape
face
young
long
satisfied
alone
in my opinion
I think that
I believe that
Die Jacke ist extrem dunkel.
Heute bin ich gar nicht zufrieden.
Warum? Weil ich alt bin.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
couple
thick, fat
divorced
bad, serious
with each other
further
the best
the highest
the most preferred
the most
the next, nearest