German - Die Geschichte des kleinen Mannes

Question	Answer
the adventure noun	das Abenteuer
the stress noun	der Stress Since our latest Spelling Reform, Stress cannot be spelled with ß
full adjectiveadverb	voll
full of adjective	voller
full of stress phrase	voller Stress
was ^{past of to be}	war
The day was full of stress. sentence	Der Tag war voller Stress.
The work was full of stress. sentence	Die Arbeit war voller Stress.
now adverb	jetzt
the break noun	die Pause
the noon break; the lunch break noun	die Mittagspause words that end in -tag take an s if they are in first position of a combo. However the word Tag itself changes into Tages. die Mittagspause (the lunch break) das Sonntagsessen (the Sunday meal) die Tageszeit (the time of day)
But now he has a break. sentence	Aber jetzt hat er eine Pause.
the time noun	die Zeit
the noon time sentence	die Mittagszeit
lunch sentence	das Mittagessen Here we hit an exception. For some obscure reason this word doesn't take an additional s. Maybe this combo has been used so much, that it really melted into one word. Who knows....
Now the little man has lunch break. sentence	Jetzt hat der kleine Mann Mittagspause.
to drink verb	trinken
He goes to drink a coffee. sentence	Er geht einen Kaffee trinken.
the coffee shop noun	das Café
a coffee shop phrase	ein Café
He goes into a coffee shop. sentence	Er geht in ein Café.
in order to conjunction	um zu + infinitive
in order to drink phrase	um zu trinken
He goes into a coffee shop in order to drink a coffee. sentence	Er geht in ein Café, um einen Kaffee zu trinken.
a small coffee shop sentence	ein kleines Café the indefinite neutral adjective takes an s das kleine Café ein kleines Café das große Kind ein großes Kind
It is a small coffee shop. sentence	Es ist ein kleines Café.
a cup sentence	eine Tasse
a small cup phrase	eine kleine Tasse for feminine there is no change in the indefinite adjective. die kleine Tasse eine kleine Tasse die kleine Frau eine kleine Frau
a table phrase	ein Tisch
a small table phrase	ein kleiner Tisch the masculine undetermined adjective takes an r der kleine Tisch ein kleiner Tisch der kleine Mann ein kleiner Mann
oneself pronoun	sich
to set; to put verb	setzen
to sit down verb	sich setzen important: this is a movement towards a direction (down) you are standing and moving into a sitting position.
on; to; at preposition	an
He sits down at a little table. sentence	Er setzt sich an einen kleinen Tisch. an (at) is a preposition that can work with both dative and accusative case. Accusative is the case of movement towards a direction. an einen kleinen Tisch is accusative He is moving into a sitting position at the table. Don't worry at this stage too much about the forms. We will tackle that later, but try to grasp the idea of when to use the accusative.
to be sitting/ to sit verb	sitzen This is a verb indicating a position. (not a movement). It can be followed by a preposition and a dative
He sits at a little table. sentence	Er sitzt an einem kleinen Tisch. Now he finished the process of sitting down, he is situated at the table. We are no longer talking about the direction of a movement but about the location, where the man is at. an einem kleinen Tisch is Dative When we want to describe a location, we use prepositions followed by a dative. in einem Café an einem Tisch
the corner noun	die Ecke
in the corner ^{location > dative} phrase	in der Ecke
He sits down at a little table in the corner. sentence	Er setzt sich an einen kleinen Tisch in der Ecke. He is sitting down. (direction >accusative) The table is standing in the corner (location>dative) It would be a different case if we said: He sits down in the corner. In this case we would have a movement into the corner. >Accusative Er setzt sich in die Ecke.
the neighbour noun	der Nachbar
the neighbour table noun	der Nachbartisch
at the ^masculine _ _ + _ _ _ = _ _ phrase	an + dem = aman + dem = am
at the ^{masculine, neuter} preposition	am
at the neighbour table sentence	am Nachbartisch
A beautiful woman is sitting at the neighbour table. sentence	Am Nachbartisch sitzt eine schöne Frau.
to order ^{food etc.} verb	bestellen
He orders a coffee. sentence	Er bestellt einen Kaffee. accusative (direct object)
to see /look verb	sehen
times; once noun	mal
Have a look! phrase	Sieh mal!
My my!/Look at that!/Didn't see that coming./Hear hear! phrase	Sieh mal an!
here adverb	hier
about; over; via preposition	über
towards here adverb	herüber her means towards here über means over The combination of both words describes a movement towards the speaker. The opposite of her is hin meaning towards there hinüber describes a movement away from the speaker. A way to remember this is the movement of the swing. It goes forth (away) and back, forth and back = hin und her, hin und her...
The woman looks at him. ^{lit. The woman looks towards here} sentence	Die Frau sieht herüber.
Dative form of er pronoun	ihm
at him phrase	zu ihm zu + Dative form of er
The woman looks at him. sentence	Die Frau sieht zu ihm herüber.
to smile verb	lächeln
she smiles phrase	sie lächelt
She smiles at him. sentence	Sie lächelt zu ihm herüber. We are watching the story from the eyes of the little man. So the smile comes towards us: herüber
back adverb	zurück
He smiles back. sentence	Er lächelt zurück. We could have used our new word hinüber. here: Er lächelt zu ihr hinüber.
to come verb	kommen
The coffee arrives. sentence	Der Kaffee kommt.
to say verb	sagen
The woman says: phrase	Die Frau sagt:
Sit down! (formal) sentence	Setzen Sie sich!
why don't you adverb	doch
Why don't you sit down with me!?! sentence	Setzen Sie sich doch zu mir!
The little man is happy. sentence	Der kleine Mann ist glücklich.
He sits down with the woman. sentence	Er setzt sich zu der Frau. we don't use 'with' (mit) here in German. It would mean that they both sit down together. Since the woman sits already, the man is sitting down 'to' the woman: zu.
a bit, a little adverb	ein bisschen no ß!
shy, timid adjective	schüchtern
He is a little shy. sentence	Er ist ein bisschen schüchtern.
to like; to want verb	mögen
Accusative form of er sentence	ihn
The woman likes him. sentence	Die Frau mag ihn.
nevertheless, nonetheless adverb	trotzdem
The woman likes him nonetheless. sentence	Die Frau mag ihn trotzdem.
To be continued. sentence	Fortsetzung folgt.

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German 25 - Die Geschichte des kleinen Mannes - Teil 4: Das Abenteuer

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