G3 Woche 11 i

Question 1

What do terms of quantity and pronouns have in common in German?

Answer 1

they decline

Question 2

I am in the same group as you.

Answer 2

Ich bin in derselben Gruppe wie du.

Question 3

All my books got wet.

Answer 3

Mein ganzen Bücher sind nass geworden.

(My entirety of books are become damp.)

Question 4

a little

Answer 4

wenig/ etwas

Question 5

some

Answer 5

einige (declines)

Question 6

with a little salt

Answer 6

mit etwas Salz

Question 7

with a drop of oil

Answer 7

mit einem Tropfen Öl

Question 8

We have enough wine.

Answer 8

Wir haben genug Wein.

Question 9

with the best will in the world (with all good will)

Answer 9

bei allem guten Willen

Question 10

despite all the comfort

Answer 10

trotz allen Komforts

Trotz = gives genetive to alle
Genetive for plural = -n

Question 11

because of all the unrest

Answer 11

wegen all der Unruhe

Question 12

a few weeks ago

Answer 12

vor ein paar Wochen

Question 13

When using an adjective as a noun, what gender does it take?

e.g. the same (noun)

Answer 13

Neuter (unless referring specifically to a person)

e.g. das Gleiche

Question 14

Adjective => noun example:
surviving => the survivor

Answer 14

überlebend => der/die Überlebende

Question 15

What is the alternative way of creating nouns from adjectives?
e.g. something simple, nothing important

Answer 15

Combine with etwas, nichts or alles, whichever adjective follows these is then trated as a noun and capitalized.
e.g. etwas Einfachen, nichts Wesentliches

Question 16

Nothing important happened

Answer 16

Nichts Wesentliches is geschehen. (nichts, ergo important becomes a noun)

Question 17

Wishing you all the best

Answer 17

Ich wünsche dir alles Gute
(alles, ergo good becomes a noun)

Question 18

What is the easiest link to a subordinate clause in German?

Answer 18

• simply attach with a comma
• no linking word (um, ohne, statt, zu) required
• has no effect on the word order of either clause

Question 19

The doctor says I should only eat fish or lean meat (simple linking clause)

Answer 19

Der Arzt sagt, ich soll nur Fisch oder mageres Fleisch essen. (comma, no linking word, word order remains the same)

Question 20

• What happens if I reverse the linked clauses in a sentence (i.e. I put the subordinate clause first for emphasis)?
• Why?

Answer 20

• the word order of the MAIN clause changes, but the subordinate remains the same.
• when the entire subordinate clause becomes the first element, the verb of the main clause must still take second position as it is relied upon by both clauses