Week 2 - L2 Flashcards
answer
die Antwort
car
das Auto
profession
der Beruf
picture
das Bild
letter
der Brief
book
das Buch
bike
das Fahrrad or Rad
film
der Film
Question
die Frage
woman
die Frau
friend (male)
friend (female)
der Freund*
die Freundin*
- Freund can refer to either a friend or a boyfriend, and
Freundin can refer to either a friend or a girlfriend, depending
on context.
friends
die Freunde
dog
das Hund
cat
die Katze
child
das Kind
cinema
das Kino
lamp
die Lampe
life
das Leben
teacher (male)
teacher (female)
der Lehrer
die Lehrerin
people
die Leute
man
der Mann
school
die Schule
town
die Stadt
student (male)
student (female)
der Student
die Studentin
table
der Tisch
university
die Universität
numbers
Zahlen
to work
arbeiten
to visit
besuchen
to stay, remain
bleiben
to find
finden
to go
gehen
to hear
hören
to cook
kochen
to learn (eg. a language), to study (eg. for a test)
lernen
to read
lesen
to make, to do
machen
to travel
reisen
to say
sagen
to play
spielen
to study (a major or a course)
studieren
to dance
tanzen
to hike
wandern
to live/reside
wohnen
To say you like to do something, use
the adverb gern after the verb:
eg. Ich spiele gern Fußball.
Wir hören gern Musik.
but
aber
heute
today
here
hier
interesting
interessant
next year
nächstes Jahr
of course
natürlich
SAYING THAT YOU LIKE TO DO SOMETHING/NOT DO SOMETHING
To say that you like to do something, you add the adverb “gern” to the verb:
Ich lerne gern Deutsch.
To say that you do not like to do something, you can use “nicht gern”.
Ich arbeite nicht gern
ACHTUNG! The adverb “gern” is not a verb (i.e. you cannot say “Ich gern Deutsch”).
It always needs to be added to a verb to express that you “like to do” that activity.
How to ask what you are studying?
Q: Was studierst du?
A: Ich studiere …
LERNEN vs. STUDIEREN
The verb studieren is used to
refer to studying at university or to the major you are studying.
Ich studiere Deutsch.
I am studying German (e.g. as my major).
The verb lernen is used to refer to learning specific material (e.g. for a test). It is also used to say that you are learning a language.
Ich lerne Deutsch.
I am learning German
WAS STUDIERST DU?
Ich studiere …
What do you study? …I study…
Alte Geschichte1
Anatomie
Anthropologie
Archäologie
Architektur
Betriebswirtschaft2
Biochemie
Datenwissenschaft
Finanzwesen
Geografie
Genetik
Germanistik
Geschichte
Immunologie
Kunst5
Literaturwissenschaft
Maschinenbau6
Mathematik
Medizin
Musik
Neurobiologie
Pharmakologie
Philosophie
Physik
Politikwissenschaft
Psychologie
Rechnungswesen8
Sinologie
Biologie
Biomedizin
Chemie
Informatik3
Ingenieurwissenschaft4
Jura
Pädagogik
Pathologie
Pflanzenkunde7
Sportwissenschaft
Sprachwissenschaft
Volkswirtschaft9
1 ancient history
4 engineering
7 botany
2 business / commerce
5 art
8 accounting
3 computer science
6 mechanical engineering
9 economics
Many nouns referring to people are
grammatically masculine. To create the female
form, add the suffix -in:
Don’t forget to change the article from der to die!
- der Lehrer die Lehrerin; teacher
- der Student die Studentin; student
- der Freund die Freundin; friend
- der Australier die Australierin ; Australian
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Personal pronouns can replace persons or things.
ich = I
du = you (informal singular)
er = he, it
sie = she, it
es = it
wir = we
ihr = you (informal plural)
sie = they
Sie = you (formal sing./pl.)
VERB CONJUGATION – THE PRESENT TENSE
Verbs are conjugated by adding personal endings to the stem of the infinitive.
The stem of the infinitive is obtained by removing the “en” or “n” from the infinitive. spielen … spiel
- ich = -e
- du = -st
- er/sie/es = -t
- wir = -en
- ihr = -t
- Sie/sie = -en
- Infinitives that end
in -n, only add -n in
the “wir” and
“Sie/sie” forms.
Verbs with a stem
ending in an “s”
sound (s, ß, z) only
add -t (instead of –
st) in the second
person singular (du).
Stems ending in -d
or -t add a linking
-e- in the second
person (du and ihr)
and the third person
singular (er, sie, es)
