Day 7 : 16-11-2008 by Mr Pattabiraman K

Schrecklich – terrible

Gutes essen – nice lunch , good to eat

Then there was a revision of the assignment test conducted.

Wohnort – place of residence, home

Stadt – city

Spiele – to act, to play, games

gibt es eine? - is there any?

Gibt es eine Zimmer ? – is there any room? Zimmer - room

Ja, gibt es eine room. – yes, there is a room.

Das Buch ist Radio D. (the book is radio D) Buch - book

Wir lesen das buch. ( we read the book.)

Die frau heißt Maria. (the woman called Maria)

Ich kenne die Frau. ( I know the woman)

Der Mann heißt Martin. (the man called Martin)

Ich kenne den Mann. ( I know the man)

Zuerst - first

ohne pause - without pause ( without break)

mit pause – with pause (with break)

sag nur – just tell

mir zu sagen – to tell me

Zu Sagen – to say

Hungrig – hungry

Wütend – angry

Questions revision:

Question: Woher kommst du? ( where are you from?)

Answer: Aus der schweiz. ( From Switzerland.)

Question:Wie heißt er? ( who is he?)

Answer: Er heißt philip. ( He is Philip.)

Question:Wann kommt Paula? ( when will Paula come?)

Answer: Um 8 uhr. (At 8 clock .)

Question:Wo wohnen sie? (Where they live?)

Answer: In Duetschland.

Question:Was macht ihr hier? (What are you doing here?)

Answer: Wir lerner deutsch. ( we learn German.)

Question: Wann ist das musical? (when is the musical?)

Answer: Um 19 uhr. ( by 7’o clock in the evening)

Question: Wie ist das musical? (How is the musical?)

Answer: Wunderbar! ( wonderful!)

Use of der, das, die for continent, state, country, etc.,

Der	Kontinent(singular)	Kontinente(plural)	Continent
Das	Land	Lande(countries)	Country
Der	Staat	Staatan(states)	State
Die	Stadt	Stadte(cities)	City
Das	Dorf	Dörfer(villages)	Village

Bundeslander – federal republic.

die Tiere - the animals
der Mensch – the human beings.

endlich - finally
weiblich - female
tatsächlich- actually

eigenslich – specifically.

Usage of verbs In a different pattern(does not follow regular pattern):

Verb	Meaning	Ich(I)	Er(he) Es(it) Sie(she)	Du( you – singular)	Ihr(you – plural)	Sie(you – formal) Sie(they) Wir(we)
Sehen	To see	sehe	sieht	siehst	seht	Sehen
Lessen	To read	Lese	Liest	Liest	Lest	Lessen
Fahren	To drive	Fahre	Fahrt	Fahrst	Fahrt	Fahren
Sprechen	To speak	Spreche	Spricht	Sprichst	Sprecht	Sprechen
Wissen	To know	Weiss	Weiss	Weint	Wisst	Wissen
Haben	To have	Habe	Hat	Hast	Habt	Haben

Then we discussed about chapter 10 and 11.

Hausarbeit(homework)

Chapter 10 – Übung – 3,4,6,7.

Chapter 11 - Übung – 1,4,6,7.9,11,13,14.

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Day 6 : 09-11-2008 by Ms Sumitha Selvakumar

Guten Tag.

The session started with a revision for the test from Chapter 1 to 6. Model of the question paper were discussed. Some of the questions are as follows:

Q. Welche Sprachen sprechen Sie?

A: Ich spreche Tamil, Englisch …….

Translation:

Q. Which languages do you speak

A. I speak Tamil, English …………………

Similarly,

Q. Welche Sprache spricht man in England? (A: Englisch)

Frankreisch? (A: Franzosisch)

Spanien? (A: Spanisch)

Osterreich? (A: Deutsch)

Deutschland? (A: Deutsch)

Italien? (A: Italienisch)

Translation:

Q: Which language do one speak in England? . . . .. . .

Here “man” refers to one - meaning people of England…..

While writing numbers for example

101 should be written as einhundreteins

723 as siebenhundretdreiundzwanzig without any space.

The test was completed within a hour.

The homework of Chapter 7 were discussed

Chapter 8 and 9 was taught and completed.

Hausaufgabe:

Chapter 8: U1, U4, U8, U12, U13.

Chapter 9: U3, U4, U7, U9, U11, U12, U13, U15, U16.

Chapter 8:

Ubung 2: We listened to the szene and marked who said whether Paula, Ayhan or Werbespot.

New words: Werbung = advertising

Werbespot = advertisement.

Ubung 3: we listened to the szene and marked what Paula said.

Ubung 5: we learned the verbform in the past tense.

“ist” refers to gegenwart (present tense) (is) it changes to

“war” refers to vergangenheit (past tense) (was).

For example:

Paula, wie war es in Neuschwanstein?

Paula how was in Neuschwanstein? Here “was” refers to “war”.

Ubung 6:

New words: Gegensatz = opposite statement

Aber = but.

The word “but” is “aber” - for example:

1. Paula ist in Neuschwanstein aber Ayhan ist in Berlin.

Paula is in Neuschwanstein but Ayhan is in Berlin.

Some of the Gegenteil (opposite) words are as follows:

In German in English

Weg sein X da sein not to be there X to be

Klar sein X mysterios sein clear X mysterious

Leben X tot sein live/living X dead

Stimmt X stimmt nicht right X not right

Unten X oben below/under X above/up.

Ubung 7: we matched the opposite statements.

Ubung 9: Mam taught us about the article der, die, and das in Nominativ and Akkusativ sentences. It is very important for us to learn the nouns with article.

For example:

1. Der Mann ist gut. – Nominativ

2. Ich sehe den Mann. - Akkusativ

In the 1^st sentence Der Mann is the subject but in the 2^nd sentence subject becomes an object and article ‘der’ changes to ‘den’.

But for the article “die” and “das” they remain the same in both the sentences.

For example:

Die Frau ist jung. - Nominativ

Ich liebe die Frau - Akkusativ.

Das Buch heisst “Radio D”.

Ich sehe das Buch Radio D.

Ubung 10: we listened to the szene and filled in the blanks.

Ubung 11: we made sentences with the hints given making a Nominative and an akkusative sentences:

New Words:

Kennen = to know about a place, person in particular.

Wissen = to know information.

Sehen = to see / to view

Schauen = to see / to view.

Chapter 9:

Ubung 1: we listened to the szene and marked the statement to which szene they belong to.

New words:

Stau = traffic jam. (der Stau)

Ubung 2: we filled in the blanks i.e words for the pictures given.

Picture 1. Radio D 2. Telefon 3. Konig Ludwig 4. Stau.

Ubung 5: we match the colums to make a meaningful sentence:

1. Was war in Neuschwanstein?
2. Ich verstehe uberhaupt nichts.
3. Bitte geh ans Telefon.
4. Das mache ich sofort.

New words:

Verstehe = to understand

Uberhaupt = absolutely

Nichts = nothing.

($ nicht is different from nichts. For example: Ich verstehe uberhaupt nichts means I cannot understand anything or absolutely nothing.

But nicht means “no”).

Ubung 6: we marked which clue matches the sentences.

Ubung 8: we made sentences with the given hints and read them.

New words:

Interessant = interesting

Blod = stupidity

Wunderbar = wonderful

Amusant = amusing

Ubung 10: We listened and enjoyed a rap song named “nichts – Rap”.

Ubung 14: We made question and answers with the help of the words given in the text.

New words:

Fragen = question

Antwort = answer.

Essen = food.

(Mam gave us sweets as promised.)

Thank you and happy week ahead.

Sumitha Selvakumar.

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