A charity concert: past participles, verb stress, 'kein' vs 'nicht'
Learning outcomes
I can use weak and strong past participles and negation correctly in the context of planning a charity event.
I can use correct verb stress.
- Year 9
A charity concert: past participles, verb stress, 'kein' vs 'nicht'
Learning outcomes
I can use weak and strong past participles and negation correctly in the context of planning a charity event.
I can use correct verb stress.
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Key learning points
- Past participles of weak verbs sandwich the stem between ge- and -t; verbs with inseparable prefixes don't add ge-.
- Past participles of strong verbs sandwich the stem between ge- and -en; the stem vowel may change: 'singen', 'gesungen'.
- The prefix 'mit' adds the meaning of 'taking part', or 'doing with' to verbs, e.g., 'mitmachen' - 'to join in'.
- 1st syllable stress is common in German; words with inseparable prefixes stress the 2nd syllable, -ieren verbs the -ie.
- 'Kein' (no, not any) negates nouns with indefinite articles, with 'ein' endings; 'nicht' (not) negates everything else.
Keywords
Past participle - verb form that forms the perfect tense, together with the auxiliary verb
Mit - preposition 'with', also a verb prefix adding the meaning of participation or 'doing with'
Stress - pronouncing one syllable more heavily than other syllables in a word
Kein - article 'no, not any' that negates nouns preceded by an indefinite article
Nicht - adverb 'not' that negates everything except nouns with an indefinite article
Common misconception
German verbs always stress the same syllable.
Generally German infinitive verbs stress the first syllable; however, words starting with inseparable prefixes be-, er-, ge-, ver-, ent- stress the 2nd syllable, which includes most past participles; -ieren verbs stress the 'ie' in present and past.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word is not a translation of 'vor'?
Q2.Match the German and English.
Q3.Match the German and English.
