German single-word past tense used mainly to narrate past events in writing; e.g., 'war', 'hatte', 'gab', 'fand'

forms the imperfect by adding -te to the stem ('ich', 'er', 'sie', 'es') and -test ('du')

forms the imperfect by changing the stem vowel, without the -te ending ('ich', 'er', 'sie', 'es'), but with -st ending ('du')

B1a - 1 Vor mehr als achthundert Jahren machten Ratten und Mäuse den ...

B1a - 2 Eines Tages kam ein Mann in die Stadt, der der Rattenfänger hieß. 

B1a - 3 Die Bürger der Stadt sagten, dass er Geld bekommen würde, wenn er ...

B1a - 4 Der Rattenfänger ging durch die Stadt und spielte auf seinem Pfeifchen.

B1a - 5 Bald kamen Ratten und Mäuse von überall aus ihren Verstecken und ...

B1a - 6 Als er zum Stadtfluss kam, ging er ins Wasser. Alle Tier folgten ihm ...

Explanation - Obwohl die Bürger von Hameln von den Ratten befreit waren, ...

Der Rattenfänger: understanding a Grimm brothers' fairy tale, imperfect tense

German

Fairy tales: diminutives, singular imperfect tense

Fairy tales and poetry: da- and wo- compounds, imperfect

This unit introduces the imperfect (simple past) tense of regular and highly frequent irregular verbs in singular persons.Da- compounds are revisited along with the perfect tense and the historic present in the narration of a story.

Storytelling: imperfect tense

German fairy tales are only written in the imperfect tense.

German fairy tales are only written in the perfect tense.

German fairy tales are only written in the present tense.

German fairy tales can be written in a past tense or the present tense.

'Die Kinder __________ dem Mann.' Choose the correct missing verb.

'He came into town' - 'Er {{}} in die Stadt'. Write the correct missing verb.

Write in English: 'ich fand eine Lösung'.

Write in English: 'Kannst du den Weg finden?'.

Write in German: 'I learn a new language'.

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.

Der Rattenfänger: understanding a Grimm brothers' fairy tale, imperfect tense

Lesson outcome

This lesson was made for home learning during the pandemic.