Question | Answer |
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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
das große 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 die kleine Frau |
a table phrase | ein Tisch |
a small table phrase | ein kleiner Tisch the masculine undetermined adjective takes an r der kleine Tisch der kleine 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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