Identität: language and gender, plurals, weak masculine nouns, 'seit'
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectival nouns and seit with the present tense.
I can recognise and pronounce [ei] and [ie].
- Year 10
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Identität: language and gender, plurals, weak masculine nouns, 'seit'
Learning outcomes
I can use adjectival nouns and seit with the present tense.
I can recognise and pronounce [ei] and [ie].
Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Adjectival nouns behave like adjectives.
- Weak masculine nouns such as ‘Name’ add (e)n in every form except singular nominative.
- All dative plural nouns add-n, except plurals ending in -s.
- 'Seit' with the present tense communicates how long unfinished actions have been happening.
Keywords
Adjectival noun - a type of noun that takes the same endings as adjectives
Weak masculine nouns - a small set of masculine nouns that add -(en) in all forms apart from the nominative singular
Dative plural nouns - nouns that add -n when they are used in the dative plural
Gender-neutral language - language that doesn’t specify gender
Common misconception
Nouns in German only change for the plural, like in English.
Adjectival nouns, weak masculine nouns and dative plural nouns all change their spelling.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German nouns below to the correct English translations.
Q2.Read these words aloud to yourself. Which word is the odd one out?
Q3.Complete the following sentence with the correct form of a suitable noun: 'Meine Mutter kann gut singen. Sie ist .'
Q4.Which of the nouns below behaves like an adjective?
Q5.If 'die Kranken' means 'the sick people', then what would 'die Armen' mean?
Q6.Write two words to complete the translation of the following sentence into German: 'I have been learning Turkish since April.' - 'Ich April Türkisch.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
