General structure and other things

Question 1

Dative

Answer 1

• Describes the indirect object of a sentence
• answers the question who or what
• typically used for indirect objects receiving an action from the direct object (in accusative case)

Question 2

Infinitive

Answer 2

the basic form of a verb before any changes for tense or people are made

Question 3

Present Perfect (Das Perfekt)

Answer 3

Verb tense that expresses an event in the past

formed with conjugated form of an auxiliary very (haben/sein) and past participle

Question 4

Imperative

Answer 4

a form of the verb used when giving orders and instructions

Three main forms: du, ihr and Sie (most popular) (du and ihr - pronoun generally dropped)

du - verb stem - e
ihr - verb stem - t
Sie - verb stem - en

Question 5

Separable Prefixes

Answer 5

Prefixes that can be separated from their verb in conjugated from

Question 6

Imperfekt

Answer 6

used to describe a particular event in the past

Question 7

auxiliary verb

Answer 7

A ‘helping’ verb that is used to form the perfect tense. It goes with the past participle and is the verb which stays in the second position in the sentence. The auxiliary verbs in German are haben and sein.

Question 8

Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 8

words that link two clauses together in a sentence.

Question 9

Nominative Case

Answer 9

The noun as the subject

used for the subject in the sentence

Question 10

Accusative Case

Answer 10

the noun as the direct object
describes the direct object of the sentence
Answers question of Who
n-case, because you have to add -en in masculine

Question 11

Dative Case

Answer 11

the noun as the indirect object
describes an indirect object that receives an action from the direct object in the accusative case or the subject.
answers question to who
m-case, because you have to add -em to the article in masculine