Posted on August 21st, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Find the dative equivalent of these words
a) die Leute
b) ein Schiff
c) das Heft
d) Tische
e) der Lehrer
Translate these sentences into German:
a) Can you open the door for us?
b) I live with my parents
c) I didn’t answer him
d) Did the children like the cake?
e) She didn’t like the play at all
Filll in the blanks using the dative:
a) Ich möchte mit ___ sprechen (die Schüler)
b) Er gibt ___ den Ball (der Hund)
c) Niemand kann ___ helfen (ich)
d) Was hast du ___ geschickt (dein Bruder)
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Posted on August 19th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The dative case is used to indentify indirect objects. Indirect objects ask ‘for whom’ or ‘to whom’.
Example: Alexander gibt seinem Freund 200 Euro. Alexander gives his friend 200 Euros.
In this case ’seinem Freund’ is the dative
Here is the dative of the definite article.
Dative masculine: dem
Dative feminine: der
Dative neuter: dem
Dative plural: den
Now let’s look at the dative indefinite
dative masculine: einem
dative feminine: einer
dative neuter: einem
dative plural: keinen
These verbs are commonly used in the dative:
danken: to thank
dienen: to serve
gefallen: to please, to like
glauben: to believe
helfen: to help
raten: to advise
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Posted on August 16th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
For those of you who are shy about speaking German in public, you can still practice conversing in German using this simple task. Take a family photo album and point to the various people in the photo. Then ask yourself, “Wer ist das?” (Who is that?) Then answer the question. I’ll give you the vocabulary to answer this question. Obviously the best way to practice is to speak with another person, but if for some reason this is impossible, it’s better than no practice at all. For every answer, you’ll need to respond by saying, “Das ist..”
Das ist die Mutter (That is the mother)
der Vater (father)
der Bruder (brother)
die Schwester (sister)
der Großvater (grandfather)
die Großmutter (grandmother)
der Sohn (son)
die Tochter (daughter)
der Onkel (uncle)
die Tante (aunt)
der Kusine (female cousin)
der Kusin (male cousin)
der Mann (husband/man)
die Frau (wife/woman)
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Posted on August 14th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
How 3, a UK mobile operator, can justify charging its customers £2 a minute when they are overseas is beyond me. Even many years ago, it used to only cost us the price of a local call when we make a call using our mobile phones while in Malaysia. After many years of lobbying and [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I’ve always been fascinated by German vornamen, or first names. Today we’ll look at some of the meanings and origins of German first names. If you don’t have a German name, hopefully this will inspire you to choose a German name that best represents yourself.
Anna/Anne : is a populär girl’s name. It means “grace”.
Arnold : is an altmodisch name for boys. It means “he who rules like an eagle”.
Conrad/Konrad : boy’s name meaning “bold advisor”.
Friedrich (can be shortened to Fritz) : “ruling in peace”
Heinrich : strong ruler
Ada : “nobility”
Lena : “sophisticated”
Karin : “pure”
Yohan : “god is merciful”
Julia : has Latin origins meaning “youthful”
Maximilian : from Latin meaning “greatest”
Marie/Maria : “beloved”
Felix : “happy”, “lucky”
Charlotte : “little”, “womanly”
Some of these German names have been adopted from other cultures while others are traditionell German names.
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