G3 Woche 10 I Flashcards
In German, the genitive case denotes…
possession of a noun (where ‘s or ‘of’ would be used in english).
An old lady’s car (genetive)
Der Wagen einer alten Dame
‘The’ in the genitive:
des (M), der (F), des (N), der (PL)
5 common prepositions that force the genitive for the following noun:
outside of, in spite of, during, because of, in spite of this…
außerhalb
trotz
während
wegen
trotzdem
outside of [genitive]
außerhalb
in spite of (this) [genitive]
trotz(dem)
during [genitive]
während
because of [genitive]
wegen
Rules of separable prefix verbs:
1. when conjugated?
2. forming the past participle?
3. when the infinite is preceeded by ‘zu’?
- stem stays in second position while prefix shifts to the end of the sentence.
- The ‘ge-‘ is inserted BETWEEN the prefix and stem
- the ‘zu-‘ is inserted BETWEEN the prefix and stem
I’m inviting my friend for Saturday.
Ich lade mein Freund für Sonnabend ein.
I hope to come tomorrow
Ich hoffe, morgen zu kommen.
I am trying to find a quiet bar.
Ich versuche, eine ruhige Bar zu finden.
[I recently attempted] [to build a Viking longship -or ‘drakkar’- out of clay.]
[Ich habe vor kurzem versucht] , [ein Wikinger-Langschiff - oder ‘drakkar’ - aus Ton zu bauen.]
You’ve persuaded me
Du hast mich überredet
Connectors that show purpose e.g. English ‘to’
German equivalent?
Sentences in which the first part makes a statement and the second explains why, in English are most often connected with ‘to’/’in order to’.
The German equivalent is ‘um’