L2 Week 8 Flashcards
(ordinal numbers)
ORDINALZAHLEN
Most ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.) below 20th are formed by adding the suffix
‘-te’
to the cardinal number (one, two, etc.). Note there are exceptions…
Ordinal numbers from 20th onwards are formed by adding the suffix
’ -ste’
to the cardinal number.
1st
erste*
2nd
zweite
3rd
dritte*
4th
vierte
5th
fünfte
6th
sechste
7th
siebte*
8th
achte *
9th
neunte
10th
zehnte
11th
elfte
13th
dreizehnte
12th
zwölfte
20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th…
- zwanzigste
- einundzwanzigste
- zweiundzwanzigste
- dreiundzwanzigste
- vierundzwanzigste
Ordinal numbers are usually used with the
“definite article”
Samstag ist der erste November.
Digits are written with a ‘period’ :
der 1. (erste) November = the 1st of November / November 1st.
To say something happens ON a certain date, use
‘am (+ -n)’
: eg. am 1. (erste’n’) November.
When is your birthday?
I have …, …., …. Birthday.
- Wann hast du Geburtstag
2.Ich habe …………………….Geburtstag.
Five of the six modal verbs modify an infinitive;
the exception is ‘mögen,’ which takes a direct object.
Modal auxiliary verbs are used to express things like
‘permission, ability, possibility, desire, intention, necessity, expectation and obligation.’
- modal verb is conjugated and placed in the SECOND POSITION in a STATEMENT or W-WORD QUESTION,
2.FIRST POSITION in a yes/no question.
- The INFINITIVE of the verb expressing the ACTION (what somebody can, must, etc. do) is placed at the END of the SENTENCE OR QUESTION.
6 MODAL VERBS ARE?
- können
- dürfen
- müssen
- sollen
5.wollen - mögen
-The ich and the er/sie/es forms are identical.
können
*kann
kannst
*kann
können
könnt
können
dürfen
*darf
darfst
*darf
dürfen
dürft
dürfen
müssen
*muss
musst
*muss
müssen
müsst
müssen
sollen
*soll
sollst
*soll
sollen
sollt
sollen
wollen
*will
willst
*will
wollen
wollt
wollen
mögen
*mag
magst
*mag
mögen
mögt
mögen
möchten
*möchte
möchtest
*möchte
möchten
möchtet
möchten
Remember that when a separable-prefix verb is used in its infinitive form, the prefix is never separated from the base verb.
—- Wann kommt ihr vorbei?
Wann wollt ihr vorbeikommen?
—– Rufst du mich morgen an?
Kannst du mich morgen anrufen?
A special form of the modal verb mögen called the subjunctive II
(Konjunktiv II) is used to express what somebody would like to do:
Wir möchten morgen Tennis spielen.
— We would like to play tennis tomorrow.
Möchtest du ins Kino gehen?
— Would you like to go to the cinema?
MAN
The impersonal (or indefinite) pronoun man corresponds to the English impersonal pronoun “one”, but it is used much more frequently (and it doesn’t sound pretentious like “one” does in English).
It is used where in English we use “you” to mean “people in general” (as opposed to “you” referring to a specific person or people) or “everyone”.
- You’re not allowed to park here.
- How do you say that in German?
- You are what you eat.
- Man darf hier nicht parken.
- Wie sagt man das auf Deutsch?
- Man ist, was man isst.
reunification
die Wiedervereinigung
to mean, signify
bedeuten
since
seit
had been divided
war … geteilt
Federal Republic of Germany
die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
German Democratic Republic
die Deutsche Demokratische Republik
wall
die Mauer
to separate, divide
trennen
to believe
glauben
to achieve
erreichen
to move
umziehen (zieht…um)
to be allowed to, may
dürfen
to be able to, can
können
to like
mögen
to have to, must
müssen
to be supposed
sollen
to want to, intend to
wollen
to signify, mean
bedeuten
to believe
glauben
to become
werden
sick, ill
krank
no more
nicht mehr
