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Partial Cognates - consonant relationships
German b english b initial v medi...,
German ch english k,
German cht english ght
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Partial Cognates - vowel relationship
German a english o,
German a english ea,
German au english ou
12
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Cognates Differing in Meaning
German das bein,
German die blume,
German eitel
13
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Practice with Cognates
Reiten,
Tiefie ee t d f p,
Treibe nei i t d b v
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Nouns of Foreign Origin - ending determines gender of nouns
Direktor,
Lektor,
Konsonant
50
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Compound Nouns - connectives
Simple compounds formed by combin...,
Genitive case ending s es on the ...,
Plural form of the limiting noun ...
4
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Separable Prefixes (particle + verb)
Um 5 different ideas,
Ab off away down,
An at on to approach start
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Variable Prefixes - separable prefixes (change meaning)
Durchfliegen,
Ubergehen,
Umfahren
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Synonymous Prefixes: ideas of away, off, gone, lost, breaking up
Beiseite,
Davon,
Ab
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Synonymous Prefixes: ideas of starting an action or doing it partially
An,
Los,
Auf
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Synonymous Prefixes: ideas of finishing an action or doing it thoroughly
Ab,
Aus,
Auf
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Synonymous Prefixes: ideas of duration
Durch,
Zu
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Synonymous Prefixes: ideas of approaching or being near by
An,
Zu
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Antonymical prefixes
Ab an,
Ab auf,
Ab zu
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"Hin" and "Her" (specific motion in relation to the speaker) in compound separable prefixes
Ausgehen,
Umgehen,
Umgehen mit
14
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Practice with opposites
Ein buch aufmachen to open,
In ein zimmer eintreten to enter,
Geld einzahlen deposit
24
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Anja 1/1/1 - Verbs with prepositional complement: accusative (auf, über, an, für, um)
Achten auf,
Sich agern uber,
Denken an
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Anja 1/1/1 - Verbs with prepositional complement: dative (aus, bei, mit, seit, nach, von, zu, außer, gegenüber, zum, zur)
Anfangen beginnen mit,
Sich beschweren complain bei,
Einladen invite zu
19
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Anja 1/1/2 - Questions for verbs with prepositions
Accusative preposition wen person,
Dative preposition wem person,
Dative preposition wo thing
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Anja 1/1/3 - Sich freuen auf vs. über
Sich freuen auf looking forward t...,
Sich freuen uber be glad about ac...
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Anja 1/1/3 - Verbs with two prepositional objects
To thank dative for accusative,
To complain to dative about accus...,
To apologize to dative for accusa...
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Anja 1/2/2 - Infinitive clauses with "zu": important verbs that introduce infinitive clauses
Anfangen begin start,
Aufhoren stop,
Beginnen begin start
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Anja 1/2/3 - Umgangsprache
Keine ahnung,
Mach s gut,
Naja
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Anja 1/3/1 - obwohl vs. trotzdem
Obwohl,
Trotzdem
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Anja 1/3/2 - Simple Past
Simple past with weak regular verbs,
Weak verbs ending in t arbeit d b...,
Separable verbs in simple past
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Anja - 1/3/3 - the verb "einfallen" = to remember
Mir fallt gerade ein dass ich noc...,
Uns fallt dein name nicht mehr ein,
Einfallen can also mean fall in o...
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Anja - 1/3/3 bis - "gerade" as an adverb of time
Gerade when something happens rig...,
Gerade when something happened a ...,
Gerade colloquially said umgangss...
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Anja 1/3/3 bis2 - nouns with "-heit", "-keit", "-schaft", "-ung" which are always feminine
Die heit,
Die keit,
Die schaft
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Schwimpfwörter (rude words)
Beleidigungen,
Scheisse,
Verdammt
38
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Anja 1/4/1 - Definite article and nouns in the genitive
Der kunstler,
Die kunstlerin,
Das bild
10
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How to get angry in German
Heute lernen wir wie man sauer wi...,
Sie ist sauer,
Sie ist wutend
50
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The 4 Meanings of Ihr
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The 4 meanings of Ihr
Ihr m n f plnominative,
1 ihr as in your possessive formal,
2 ihr as in their possessive plural
5
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