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pronounced short [ü] as in 'fünf' and long [ü] as in 'Tür'

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Christmas: definite article 'die', plurals with umlaut +e, no change -el/-en/-er

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This unit introduces pupils to 4 rules for forming plural nouns in German and provides opportunities for practice with the use of 'es gibt'. It will also teach pupils how to use plurals with 'sein' 3rd person plural, and 'sie' meaning 'they'. They practise sound-symbol correspondence [ü] and [ä].

Christmas: singular and plural nouns

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Christmas: 'Es gibt' with plurals, the song 'O Tannenbaum'

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3rd person singular of ‘sein’, ‘is’

3rd person plural form of ‘sein’, ‘are’

Christmas traditions: 'sein' 3rd person singular and plural, plurals - +(e)n

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pronounced long [ä] as in ‘spät’ and short [ä] as in ‘lächeln'

most masculine and neuter nouns add -e to the end and an umlaut on the vowel (ä, ö, ü)

masculine and neuter nouns ending in -el, -er or -en often stay the same in their plural form

most feminine nouns either add -n or -en to the end of the noun

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Wir wuenschen dir frohe Weihnacht

Christmas traditions: singular and plural nouns

pronounced long [ö] as in ‘schön’ and short [ö] as in 'plötzlich'

represents the person, people or thing(s) doing the verb, e.g., I, we, they

subject pronoun ‘he’ and ‘it’ for masculine nouns

subject pronoun ‘she’ and ‘it’ for feminine nouns

subject pronoun ‘it’ for neuter nouns

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Saying what something is like: subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es' for 'it'

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pronounced short [o] as in ‘Schottland’ and long [o] as in ‘Vogel’

pronounced short [ö] as in 'zwölf' and long [ö] as in ‘Vögel’

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What you and others have and what it is like: subject pronoun 'sie' for 'they'

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add -e or -e + umlaut on a, o, u to many masculine and neuter nouns

most masculine and neuter nouns ending in -en, -el, -er stay the same

add -er to some masculine or neuter nouns, with or without umlaut on a, o, u

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Numbers 1-12: plurals adding umlaut + -er

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How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns

Christmas: singular and plural nouns

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