Englisch lernen: 'haben', present tense weak verbs, negation with nicht and kein
I can use present tense weak verbs, 'nicht' and 'kein' to talk about learning a language.
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Englisch lernen: 'haben', present tense weak verbs, negation with nicht and kein
I can use present tense weak verbs, 'nicht' and 'kein' to talk about learning a language.
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Key learning points
- Nominative case is for nouns with sein, heißen and werden; accusative case is for object nouns with all other verbs.
- The verb 'haben' is irregular.
- Present tense weak verbs are formed like 'lernen'.
- 'Nicht' negates before the definite article (meaning 'not the'), adjectives, possessives, proper nouns and after verbs.
- For negation before nouns, 'kein' replaces the indefinite article to mean 'not a', 'no'.
Keywords
Nominative - the case used for the subject of a sentence
Accusative - the case used for the object of a sentence
Nicht - the adverb 'not', which negates the definite article ‘the’
Kein - the negative determiner 'not a', 'no', that replaces the indefinite article ‘a/an’ before nouns
Common misconception
'Nicht' means 'not' when negating in all German sentences.
'Nicht' negates in many sentences, but 'kein' replaces the indefinite article 'a/an' to negate nouns. For example, 'I have no car', and 'I haven't got a car' are both 'Ich habe kein Auto' in German.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match these German words to their English meanings.
Q2.Which of the following words are masculine?
Q3.Put the words below in the correct order to complete this sentence: 'The definite article in English is '__________'. In German, the definite article matches the '__________' of the '__________'.'
Q4.Match the articles below to the correct English definitions.
Q5.Complete this sentence: 'The subject in German uses the __________ case and the object uses the __________ case. The verbs __________, __________, __________ always takes the __________ case.'
Q6.Order the indefinite articles to complete this sentence: 'Das ist __________ Hobby (n). Ich habe online __________ Website (f) über das Deutschlernen gefunden. Das macht __________ Unterschied (m).'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the following English words to their German meanings.
Q2.The nominative case is always used after which of the following verbs?
Q3.Which statement below correctly defines the use of the accusative case?
Q4.Match these uses of 'nicht' to the appropriate rules for using 'nicht'.
