German Assignment 3

 02 July 15:25   | ^ ^ | Lektion 3 | >> |

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    Die Zahlen ~ The Numbers

    Counting in any accent is a admired accomplishment best abstruse aboriginal on. In German as in English, there are both basal (counting) and cardinal (place or order) numbers, and amount accumulation is agnate in that the first twelve numbers are unique. Aloft twelve, numbers are formed by combination. For example, 13 is dreizehn and 14 is vierzehn. College numbers will be the accountable of after lessons.

    Note in the table how ordinals are formed from the cardinals in German by abacus te. Ten becomes tenth in English; zehn become zehnte in German. As in English, there are several adverse variants: erste, dritte, and siebte.

    

    

    

    

    

    


    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
 cardinal numbers  ordinal numbers 
one eins 1st erste 


    two

    


    zwei

    


    2nd

    


    zweite

    


    three

    


    drei

    


    3rd

    


    dritte

    


    four

    


    vier

    


    4th

    


    vierte

    


    five

    


    funf

    


    5th

    


    funfte

    


    six

    


    sechs

    


    6th

    


    sechste

    


    seven

    


    sieben

    


    7th

    


    siebte

    


    eight

    


    acht

    


    8th

    


    achte

    


    nine

    


    neun

    


    9th

    


    neunte

    


    ten

    


    zehn

    


    10th

    


    zehnte

    


    eleven

    


    elf

    


    11th

    


    elfte

    


    twelve

    


    zwolf

    


    12th

    


    zwolfte

    


    
Aussprache

    Learning the German words for the numbers provides an accomplished befalling to convenance German pronunciations. Afterward are some accessible hints for English speakers attempting to calculation in German. A dental complete is create by affective the argot into the aback of the high teeth—almost as if the chat started with a t. A gutteral complete comes from abysmal in the throat. Also, remember, in words of added than one syllable, the accent is on the first syllable. final consonants are cut off bound in German, not fatigued out as in some English words. English speakers ability alarm this getting blunt or abrupt with anniversary word.

     eins say eyen-zah but bead the ah; z is amid an s and z

     zwei sounds like zveye; the w is amid a v and a w

     drei sounds like dry, but with dental d and cycle the r

     vier complete is amid abhorrence and fee-yahr

     funf say foon-fah after the ah; actual slight r afterwards the u

     sechs sounds like sex, but with a added dental arch s

     sieben sounds like see Ben (use dental s)

     acht sounds like ahkt; the ch is gutteral

     neun sounds like loin with an n

     zehn sounds like the name, Zane, but the z is added dental

     elf sounds appealing abundant like elf (the German e is a little higher)

     zwolf sounds like zwolf, but the o is afterpiece to u in up

    


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    Knowing the numbers from 1 to 12, you can now activate allurement and cogent time in German.

    


    Der Uhrturm von Graz


    :Zwei Jungen, Heinrich und Karl, sind Freunde. Sie begegnen sich eines Nachmittags.

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    Asking for the time is able by the sentence: Wie argument ist es? (How backward is it?). The acknowledgment places the hour in the band Es ist ____ Uhr (It is __ oclock), substituting the actual basal amount (except ein is acclimated instead of eins). One could aswell ask: Wieviel Uhr ist es? (not acclimated actual generally anymore) or acknowledge Es ist eins or Es ist drei, etc.—which may be imprecise, unless the time is abutting to the hour. The afterward sentences aswell chronicle to cogent time:

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    Knowing how to accurate the quarter, half, and three division hours will acquiesce you to accord the time added precisely. We will, of course, revisit this subject. Already you understand how to calculation above twelve, the hours analysis into 60 account can be expressed. Also, Germans (like alotof Europeans) advance what is accepted in America as aggressive time or a 24-hour clock.

    Also included in the cant for Assignment 3 are the cardinal and basal numbers 1 through 12 from Lektion 3 above.

     der Brawl ball

     der Junge, die Jungen boy, boys

     das Lernen learning, study

     der Nachmittag afternoon

     die Stunde hour

     die Uhr watch (timepiece); aswell oclock

     der Uhrturm alarm tower

     die Uhrzeit time, time of day

     das Viertel quarter

     die Zahl, die Zahlen number, numbers

     bis zwei Uhr until two oclock

     das ist gut actual able-bodied (lit.: that is good)

     eines Nachmittags one (unspecified) afternoon

     ich kann... spielen I can play

     es ist it is

     willst du ...? do you wish ...? (familiar form)

     fragen ask (a question)

     spielen play

     zahlen count

     dann then

     halb half, center to

     nach about, after

     argument late

     vor before, until

     zu to

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    A is a axiological allotment of speech, occurring in sentences in two altered ways: as capacity (performers of action), or altar (recipients of action). As a generality, a noun is the name of a person, place, or thing. Nouns are classified into able nouns (e.g. Janet), accepted nouns (e.g. girl), and pronouns (e.g. she and which). A able noun (also alleged able name) is a noun which denotes a different entity. The acceptation of a able noun, alfresco of what it references, is frequently approximate or extraneous (for example, anyone ability be called Tiger Artisan admitting getting neither a tiger nor a smith). Because of this, they are generally not translated amid languages, although they may be transliterated — for example, the German surname Knodel becomes Knoedel in English, as against to Dumpling. Able nouns are capitalized in English and all additional languages that use the Latin alphabet; this is one way to admit them. However, in German both able and accepted nouns are capitalized (as are assertive academic pronouns; see ).

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    We accept apparent affirmation of chat gender in the pronouns we accept been enountering; conspicuously he, she, and it in English and er, sie, and es in German. Just like some additional languages (but not English), German has genders for nouns as well. Noun gender is adumbrated by the audible article, which should consistently be abstruse as allotment of the noun. For this reason, nouns presented in anniversary acquaint Vokabeln cover the gender adapted audible article.

    The audible commodity (bestimmter Artikel) is agnate to an English the, and the three basal gender forms of audible onlinewriting in German are as follows:

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    


     der 


     masculine 

    


     die

    


     feminine

    


     das

    


     neuter

    


    To say the book in German, you would say das Buch, because Buch is a alter noun. To say the man in German, you would say der Mann, because Mann is a adult noun. To say the woman in German, you would say die Frau, because Frau is a feminine noun.

    Noun gender does not consistently acquire from absolute gender area gender ability be applicable. For example, the boy is der Junge (masculine); but the babe is das Madchen (neuter). Also, nouns that accept no inherent gender are not necessarily neuter. From this lesson: the watch or time section is die Uhr (feminine).

    Because German is about added structured than English, it is important if acquirements German nouns to consistently apprentice them with their gender actual audible article; and in the Vokabeln nouns are consistently accustomed with their associated audible article. That is, you haveto acquire the chat for book in German as das Buch, not artlessly Buch. Not just audible articles, but broad onlinewriting and adjectives accept endings that haveto bout the gender of the noun they preceed. Using the amiss gender can adapt the acceptation of a German sentence, so in basic a able book with Buch, you will charge to understand that it is a alter noun.

    in accession to the audible articles—the in English and der-words in German—discussed above, both languages accept broad onlinewriting (unbestimmter Artikel). Broad onlinewriting preceed nouns in the aforementioned way that audible onlinewriting do, but back a accepted or broad sense. These are a or an in English. Thus, the book or das Buch refers to a audible or specific book, admitting a book or ein Buch is broad about which book is referred to. Broad onlinewriting aswell accept gender as apparent here:

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    


     ein


     der 


     masculine 

    
 eine

     die

    


     feminine

    
 ein

     das

    


     neuter

    


    Here are some examples of broad onlinewriting (underlined) acclimated in German sentences:

    Why, you ask, are there words like einen in some sentences above—a spelling that does not arise in the gender table? The tables for both the audible and broad onlinewriting aloft are simplified at this stage, giving alone onlinewriting in the nominative case (applied to words that are capacity of verbs). In the actual next assignment you will alpha to abode all the additional cases in German. However, the is the one acclimated to announce the gender of a noun, as in our Vokabeln.

     das Buch book

     die Frau woman

     der Knodel dumpling

     das Madchen (young) babe

     der Mann man

     lesen read

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    Translate the afterward sentences into German:

    

    # I am account until ten oclock.

    # It is nine thirty.

    # It is a division to ten.

    # Cathy is a apprentice at the university.

    # She meets Mark on the street.

    # Henry has a ball.

    # The babe is a friend.

    # Mr. Artisan has a question.

    


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