Monday, June 28, 2010

pratice German-II(questions)

How to ask questions in German

Who is that man? Wer ist das Mann?
who=wer
what is your name?
was ist ihr/ihre Name?
was=what
Practice the following sentences:(frame questions)
1)Es kostet nur zehn Euro
translate:It costs only  ten Euros
2)Die kleinsten Kinder müssen sofort nach Hause gehen.
The younger kids must go to their house
3)Sie ist eine Nonne.
She is a Nun
4) Der neue Fernsehapparat ist kaputt.
The new television set is broken.
5)Mein Neffe arbeitet als Juwelier.
My nephew works at a Jeweller.
Ans:
Was kostet nur zehn Euros?
Wer muss sofort nach Haus gehen?
Wer ist eine Nonne?
Was ist kaputt?
Wer arbeitet als Juwelier?

Thursday, June 24, 2010

pratise German-1(pronouns)

Pronouns in English and German
sing plural
I ----ich(never use capital I in ich in German) we---wir
you----sie you all-sie
he/she/it------er/sie/es they----sie
You have to take care of the gender while using er/sie/es
er for masculine, es for neuter, sie for feminine
eg: Das Kind hat lange geschlafen( the kid has slept for long)
Kind(kid) is neuter so das and the pronoun will be "es"
es hat lange geschlafen
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ubung(excercise 1) substitute with pronoun the underlined
1)Ist die alte Frau(f) deine GroBmutter(B pronouned as ss)
Translate:Is that old woman your grandmother?
2)Herr keller(m)hat sich gestern das Bein gebrochen
Mr Keller has broken his leg yesterday
3)Viele heute (pl)kampfen gegen das schicksal
many people struggle with their future
4)Wo sind die Stuhle(plural(pl))?
Where are the chairs?
5) Sabine wird den Ofen heizen(f)
Sabine is the oven heat
6)Die Junge Artzin(f) war mit dieser Arbeit zufrieden
The young doctor was satisfied with this work
7)Die Tiere und Pflanzen(pl) einer tropischen insel wachen nicht hier
The animals and plants of Tropical island do not grow here
8) Hat karl(m) meinen Pullover genommen
Has karl taken my pullover
9) Das nette Madchen (n)wohnt nicht weit von uns
The pretty girl wont stay with us
Answers:
1)Ist sie deine Grobmutter?
2)Er hat sich gestern das Bein gebrochen.
3) sie/Sie kampfen gegen das schicksal.
4) Wo sind sie?
5)Sabine wird sie.
6) Sie war mit dieser Arbeit zufreiden.
7)Sie wachen nicht here.
8 Hat er taken my pullover.
9)es wohnt nicht weit von us

Sunday, June 13, 2010

words for fun words to know part1 (German)

schön:beautiful
klug:clever
handsome:gut aussehand
darling:Liebling(m) sweet heart: Schatz(m)
movie actor: Filmdarsteller(m) the movie actor: der Filmdarsteller
love:Lieben(m) the love: der Lieben
theater:Theater(n) the theater das theater
railway station:Bahnhof the railway station: der Bahnhoff
mall:Promenade(f) die Promenade
house:Haus(n) das haus
college:College(n) das college
chat:Unterhaltung(f) die Unterhaltung
food:Lebensmittel(n) das Lebensmittel
burger:Burger(m) der Burger
pizza:Pizza(f) die Pizza
acting:Schauspielerie(f) die acting
dinner:Mahl(n) das Mahl
lunch:Lunch(n) das Lunch
luncheon:Mitaagessen(n) das Mitagessen
television:Television(f) Fernsehen(n) das Fernsehen
computer:Computer(m) Rechner(m) der Rechner
Internet:Internet(n) das Internet
picture:Bild(n) das Bild
camera:Kamera(f) die Kamera
car:Auto(n) Wagen(m) das Auto der Wagen
bike:Rad(n) das bike
bus:Bus(m) der Bus
life:Leben(n) Das Leben
ice cream: Els(n) das Els
soft drink: alkoholfreies Getränk(n) das alkoholfreies Getränk
woman:frau(f) women:Frauen die Frau, die Frauen
trees:Bäume (pl) die Bäume
nature:Natur(f) die Natur
flowers:Blumen(pl) die Blumen

Saturday, June 12, 2010

German session VII (adjectives)

What is an adjective
Adjective is something that describes the noun.
eg: He is a good man.
In German the adjectives change their form according to the case and the Gender. We will discuss the adjectives Good (Gut) in the nominative case
a good man  is   ein guter Mann(m)
a good woman is  eine gute Frau(f)
a good buch is   ein gutes Buch(n)
good men  is      gute Ma'nner(plural)
with the definite article
the good man  is der gute Mann(m)
the good woman is die gute Frau(f)
the good book is das gute Buch(n)
the good boys is die guten Knaben.(plural)

Friday, June 11, 2010

German VI

" Oh what a wonderful vocab you have" " why dont you try writing in newspapers". "He would bring a new word in his write ups like a unique pearl in the Ocean"

Wish to hear all this about you. Learning new words is nothing but what is meant by vocabulary

We all as English speaking world know how important vocabulary is. It is the difference between a god language and a normal language. Learning new words should become a paatime while learning a language.All new language learners should get aquainted with the vocabulary.

The German Language like any other language is comprised of millions of words,yet 50% of normal spoken and written texts are comprised of only 66 words. Students rightfully ask, which words do i have to learn in order to carry on an everday conversation or read a text written for the average German Speaker

The magic answer is usually 2,00 words i.e a student who has mastered the basic 2,000 core vocabulary words has learned the most important words used in 80% of all written and oral communication.

In this blog we will mention most of the words and try to make the count to 2000 and more.
We will be including bilingual vocabulary for everybody to understand

Why a bilingual" basic vocabulary"?

The use of the target language to teach the language is the norm in most programs today.Usually a new word is explained in simple German and illustrated with practical examples.

The practical teaching situation.. A FACET of SPINAC... involves use of native language especially when difficult concepts need to be clarified.

Because it is meant to be used independently by the learners to study and review outside the class, a text like basic vocabulary must be 100% bilingual.
It is not meant to, and should not , replace a regular German-English/English-German dictionary where a learner can find many more words and
definitions , nor a comprehensive grammar text. The Basic vocubulary is to be learned only to serve as a suppliment for study and learning.

We will be further in this blog display the most important words for a student to learn and use.
Our posts will be based on evaluation of numerous lists of basic German vocabulary
published in Germany,. Austria, switzerland , India and other countries. All the important sources of information on word frequenct in written and spoken German will be
considered.

Factors such as how familiar and useful a word is in everyday conversation will also be considered. We would also like to bring to
the notice of student who want to learn at Spinac learning center thatour teaching material would be
mosty effective for you ..the students.

German V

Today we will discuss numbers in German(1,2,3...etc)

1-------eins      11------elf           21----einsundzwanzig(one and twenty)    
2-------zwei      12-----zwolf       22----zweiundzwanzig(two and twenty)
3-------drei       13-----dreizehn   23----dreiundzwanzig(three and twenty)
4-------vier       14-----vierzehn    24----vierundzwanzing
5-------funf       15-----funfzehn    25----funfundzwanzig
6-------sechs     16----sechszehn  26----sechundzwanzig     
7-------sieben    17----siebzehn    27----siebenundzwanzig 
8-------acht       18----achtzehn    28----achtundzwanzig
9-------neun       19----neunzehn  29---- neunundzwanzig
10------zehn       20----zwanzig    30-----dreizig(thirty)


31.....einsunddriezig(one and thirty)
and so on

100----hundert

German IV

German articles in nominative case

We will be discussing how indefinte articles are used. We already know that articles(der die das).."the" are governed.

In the nominative case
masculine gender article: ein Mann  ..a Man
feminine gender artcile: eine frau..a Woman
neuter gender article ...ein madchen ..a girl

examples:
A girl sings : Ein Madchen singt
A man sings: Ein Mann singt
A woman sings :Eine frau singt

Note: nominative is to be recognized when we ask question which, who to the verb

example: who sings? a girl sings, a man sings,a woman sings 

German III

As discussed in earlier posts German language expresses every noun with an article before it. The article is governed by Gender.

I have put up a list of common nouns with their article


Das Madchen (girl)  das Buch(books) der Apfel(apple) das Feld(field)
das Kind(child) der Freund(friend) der Brief(letter) das Vogel(bird)
das Haus(House) das Auto(car) der Tag(day) die Milch(milk)
der Hund(dog) die Schule(school) das Bett(bed) das Ohr(eyes)
der Mann(Man) der Lehrer(teacher) der Garten(Garden) die Tochter(daughter)
das Haar(hair) das Auge(eye) die Antwort(answer) der Bleistiff(pencil)
die Frau(woman) die schwetser(sister)die Freundin(girl friend) der Name(name)
die Akademic(academy) der Alkohol(alcohol) der Krankenwagen(ambulance) die Banane(banana)
die Atmosphare(atmosphere) der April(april)das Blut(blood)

Try to memorize these words

German II

Pronounns in present tense and verbs declination

we know the following in English in present tense
                                           Singular                      plural

first person                        I go                        We go                                                          

second person                you go                        you all go

third person                     he/she/it goes               they go

in German it is like this

                                        ich gehe                       wir gehen
                                                                   
                                        Sie geht                        sie gehen
                                     
                                        er/sie/es  geht             sie gehen

 the verb: gehen-to go
                               
Further i want to discuss the word Sie and its difference with sie

Usually when we speak in German a girl with respect is with a pronoun Sie. Now what happens when sie is they and when Sie also called as sie when no respect is to be shown is the incomplete verb used

'Sie sind' will mean "they"(sind=are)
'sie/Sie  ist' would mean "she"

Some interesting German gestures


How are you?       Wie gehtes ihnen?

whats ur name?      Wie heissen sie?

what are you doing? Was machst du?

yes                             ja

no                            nein

good morning!        Guten Morgen

Good evening!         Gut Abent!

good night               Guten Nacht!

Note: All nouns in German start with a capital letter