verb which changes its vowel in the verb stem of some of its forms

word that describes a verb or an adjective

A1a - Mieze schläft und träumt. Sie fällt ins Wasser. Sie fängt einen großen ...

C2 - example - Meine Mutti schreibt nicht gern Briefe.

C2 - 1 Mia lernt sehr langsam Chinesisch.

C2 - 2 Heidi besucht oft Spanien.

C2 - 3 Katja geht nicht gern in den Jugendclub.

C2 - 4 Mehmet fährt sehr gern Rad.

C2 - 5 Oma singt manchmal gern Lieder.

C2 - 6 Opa trifft sehr oft auf der Straße seine Freunde.

Things you like to do: adverb 'gern'

German

Favourite activities: questions with 'welch-', answers with 'gern'

Favourite activities in Vienna: present tense, 'gern',  inversion

In Vienna: present tense, negation with 'nicht'; question forming

This unit introduces the adverb of manner 'gern', practising it in questions with 'welch-' and in giving opinion answers. The unit revisits word order 1 and 2 and negation with nicht.

Likes and dislikes: adverb 'gern'

describes events happening right now: 'I am doing'

describes habitual events in the present: 'I do'

B1 - 1 Geld von der Bank holen

B1 - 2 so schnell sprechen

B1 - 3 gestern um zwei Uhr essen

B1 - 4 ein anderes Schloss in Frankreich besuchen

B1 - 5 wirklich langsam laufen

B1 - 6 eine andere Aktivität machen

B1 - 7 ein anderes Hobby finden

B1 - 8 eine andere Arbeit finden

B1 - 9 normal trinken

B1 - 10 Freunde auf der Straße treffen

B1 - 11 ein Buch mit 500 Seiten lesen

B1 - 12 Sport gern machen

B3 - Meine Freundin und ich gehen gern in die Schule. Normalerweise ...

adverb meaning 'gladly', which is used to express likes, or dislikes when preceded by ‘nicht’

the standard word order of a German sentence (subject - verb - adverb - noun)

subject and adverb swap places, verb stays in 2nd place meaning subject and verb are inverted

A1 feedback - 1 Tag, Tage

A1 feedback - 2 Zug, Züge

A1 feedback - 3 Flug, Flüge

A1 feedback - 4 Burg, Burgen

A1 feedback - 5 Spielzeug, Spielzeuge

A1 feedback - 6 Geburtstag, Geburtstage

B2 - Du wirfst den Ball und erhältst Punkte. Du willst das Ziel erreichen ...

when the subject pronoun and the adverb switch place to form a yes/no or closed question

word meaning 'not', used to say what is not happening or not true

B2 - example A Körper B Fahrrad C Tag D Kopf 

B2 - 1 A Gutschein B Liste C wir D Zug

B2 - 2 A machen B erreichen C springen D heißen

B2 - 3 A wünschen B werfen C tragen D bleiben

B2 - 4 A sie B du C ich D wir

B2 - 5 A Tag B Mitte C Liste D Platz

C1 example - Macht es dort viel Spaß.

C1 - 1 Wir bekommen viele Hausaufgaben.

C1 - 2 Hörst du mich.

C1 - 3 Ist es dort sehr kalt.

C1 - 4 Bist du schon im Hotel.

C1 - 5 Du gehst später mit Mia ins Kino.

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