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Freunde: 'wen' and 'wem' - interrogative, word order with reflexive questions

I can ask and answer questions about friends and relationships using 'wer', 'wen', 'wem' and reflexive verbs.

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Freunde: 'wen' and 'wem' - interrogative, word order with reflexive questions

I can ask and answer questions about friends and relationships using 'wer', 'wen', 'wem' and reflexive verbs.

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Key learning points

  1. The interrogative pronoun 'wer' becomes 'wen' when it is a direct object in the accusative.
  2. The interrogative pronoun 'wer' becomes 'wem' when it is an indirect object in the dative.
  3. Use a long [e] sound with 'wer', 'wen' and 'wem'.
  4. In questions with reflexive verbs, only subject and verb swap position. The reflexive pronoun now follows the subject.
  5. Where a verb is usually followed by a preposition, this comes before the question word, e.g., 'Mit wem?', 'Für wen?'.

Keywords

  • Wer, wen, wem - question word meaning 'who' or 'whom' which changes according to case

  • Reflexive pronoun - used to indicate doing something to yourself, words like ‘myself’ and ‘yourself’

Common misconception

Questions words all have fixed spellings.

'Wer', meaning 'who', changes spelling according to its case. This also used to be the case in English, but the 'whom' form is often not used nowadays.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:wenigstens,at least
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at least

Correct Answer:eher,earlier, sooner, rather
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earlier, sooner, rather

Correct Answer:dick,thick, fat
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thick, fat

Correct Answer:die Konzentration,concentration
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concentration

Correct Answer:der Gegenstand,object
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object

Correct Answer:miteinander,with each other
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with each other

Q2.
What is missing from the following list? 'der Norden, der Süden, der Westen'
Correct Answer: der Osten, Osten
Q3.
Match the question words.
Correct Answer:wer,who
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who

Correct Answer:was,what
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what

Correct Answer:wie,how
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how

Correct Answer:warum,why
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why

Correct Answer:was für,what type of
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what type of

Correct Answer:wo,where
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where

Q4.
Sort the words below into the correct order to make a statement in German.
1 - der
2 - Mann
3 - entschuldigt
4 - sich
5 - bei
6 - meiner
7 - Mama
Q5.
Translate the following sentence into English: 'Wer hat diese Übung gemacht?'
Correct Answer: Who did this exercise?, Who has done this exercise?, Who did this activity?, Who has done this activity?
Q6.
Make the following statement into a question: 'Er kennt seinen Nachbarn.'
Correct Answer: Kennt er seinen Nachbarn?

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the German and English.
Correct Answer:der Mann,man, husband
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man, husband

Correct Answer:der Blick,look, glance
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look, glance

Correct Answer:die Vorstellung,idea
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idea

Correct Answer:der Unterschied,difference
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difference

Correct Answer:die Bedeutung,meaning, significance
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meaning, significance

Correct Answer:der Ton,sound, tone
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sound, tone

Q2.
Which of the following words can mean 'who?'
Correct answer: wer
wie
Correct answer: wen
Correct answer: wem
wann
Q3.
What role does the 'who' have in the following sentence? 'Mit wem verhält er sich schlecht?'
subject
direct object
Correct answer: indirect object
Q4.
Translate the following sentence into English: 'Wo stellst du dich?'
Correct Answer: Where do you stand?, Where are you standing?, Where do you place yourself?
Q5.
Choose the correct word for 'who' to complete the following sentence: 'Für interessiert er sich?'
wer
Correct answer: wen
wem
Q6.
Translate the following sentence into German: 'Who does he argue with?'
Correct Answer: Mit wem streitet er sich?

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