German Grammar Flashcards
What is a cognate?
A cognate is a word that has the same meaning and approximately the same spelling in English & German.
i.e. Haus –> house
Garten --\> garden Student --\> student
What are the eight Parts Of Speech?
- noun
- pronoun
- verb
- adjective
- article
- adverb
- preposition
- conjunction
What is a “Function” in terms of words.
The role a word plays in a sentence is called its funtion.
Some functions are: subject, direct objet, indirect object, object of a preposition
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that can be the name of a person, place, thing, animal, event, or an idea or concept.
Exaples of an idea or concept: truth, peace, poverty, beauty, fear, justice, humor, time, hatred.
What is a proper noun?
A proper noun is a noun that is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A noun that does not state the name of a specific person, place, or thing is called a common noun.
What is a common noun?
A common noun is a noun that does not stae the name of a specific person, place, or thing.
What is a compound noun?
A compund noun is a noun made up of two or more words. A compound noun may be made up of two common nouns written as one word (snowball), as two words (school year), or with a hyphen (self-interest). It can also be a combination of a common noun and other parts of speech such as Civil War and Berlin Wall.
What is meant by “a noun has number”?
A noun has number; that is, it can be identified as being singular or plural.
Wha is gender in the gramatical sense?
Gender in the gramatical sense means that a word can be classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Parts of speach that indicate gender:
English German
pronouns pronouns
possesive adjectives -
- nouns
- articles
- adjectives
- articles
What is a collective noun?
A collective noun is a noun that refers to a group of persons or things, but the noun itself is considered singular.
Examples are:
A soccer team has eleven players.
My family is well.
What is an article?
An article is a word placed before a noun to show whether the noun refers to a specific person, animal, place, thing, event, or idea, or whether the noun refers to an unspecified person, thing, or idea.
I saw the video you spoke about. (the = specific video)
I saw a video at home. (a = unspecified video)
*There are two types of articles: definite, and indefinite
What is a collective noun?
A collective noun is a noun that refers to a group of persons or things, but the noun itself is considered singular.
Examples are:
A soccer team has eleven players.
My family is well.
What is an article?
An article is a word placed before a noun to show whether the noun refers to a specific person, animal, place, thing, event, or idea, or whether the noun refers to an unspecified person, thing, or idea.
I saw the video you spoke about. (the = specific video)
I saw a video at home. (a = unspecified video)
*There are two types of articles: definite, and indefinite
