Week 5 - L2 Flashcards
to eat
essen
*strong verb
to drive, go, ride
fahren
*strong verb
to know, be acquainted with
kennen
to run
Laufen
*strong verb
to read
lesen
*strong verb
to sleep
schlafen
*strong verb
to speak
sprechen
*strong verb
to see, watch
sehen
*strong verb
to know
wissen
*irregular
to pay
zahlen
WISSEN UND KENNEN
the two verbs “wissen” and “kennen” both mean “to know”. The verb “wissen” means to know
facts or to have certain information, while “kennen” means “to know” in the sense of to be familiar
or acquainted with something or someone.
“Wissen” has irregular conjugations in the singular forms, while “kennen” is completely regular.
strong verbs
- Remember to
memorise the stem
changes for these
strong verbs (du
and er/sie/es forms).
NEGATION (nicht und kein)
There are two principle ways to negate a statement in German: using either “nicht” or “kein”.
The choice of which one to use, as well as the position of “nicht”, are both determined by what it
is that you want to negate.
The word “nicht” can be used to negate an entire statement or a specific element in that
statement (often an adjective or adverb).
- To negate an entire statement, you
place “nicht” at the end of the statement. - To negate a specific element, you place
“nicht” directly before that element.
The negative article “kein” is essentially the
opposite of an indefinite article (≈ no). Thus,
its forms all follow the indefinite articles.
MAS. FEM. NEU. PL.
NOM kein keine kein keine
ACC keinen keine kein keine
professor (male)
professor (female)
der Professor, -en
die Professorin, -nen
Wissen irregular conjugation
ich = weiß
du = weißt
er/sie/est = weiß
wir = wissen
ihr = wisst
Sie/sie = wissen
- Wie heißt der Professor?
– Ich weiß das leider nicht. - Wo wohnt Susanne?
– Das weiß ich. Sie wohnt in München. - What’s the name of the professor?
- Unfortunately, I don’t know. - Where does Susan live?
- I know that. She lives in Munich.
kennen regular congugation
ich kenne
du kennst
er/sie/es kennt
wir kennen
ihr kennt
Sie/sie kennen
- Kennst du Barbara?
– Ja, ich kenne sie sehr gut. - Kennst du diesen Film?
– Nein, ich kenne ihn nicht. - Do you know Barbara?
– Yes, I know her very well. - Do you know this movie?
- No I do not know him.
BEISPIEL: Bücher lesen / Zeitung lesen
Klara liest gern Bücher, aber Karl liest gern Zeitung
EXAMPLE: read books / read newspaper
Klara likes to read books, but Karl likes to read the newspaper
fast
schnell
slowly
langsam
further
dann weiter
until
bis
strong verbs
Note that the
endings are
the same
present tense
endings we
have already
learned, and
the stem only
changes in two
forms (du and
er/sie/es).
Strong verbs have irregular forms. Many of the most common strong verbs change their stem
vowel in the second and third person singular present tense conjugations. These verbs include:
schlafen (to sleep) fahren (to drive, go, ride) laufen (to run) lesen (to read)
sehen (to see, watch) sprechen (to speak) essen (to eat)
his
du sein
there
da
