Places you like and prefer: verbs + indirect object, 'gefallen', 'mögen'
Learning outcomes
I can express likes and preferences using 'mögen' with a subject and 'gefallen' with an indirect object.
I can recognise and pronounce [th] with confidence.
Places you like and prefer: verbs + indirect object, 'gefallen', 'mögen'
Learning outcomes
I can express likes and preferences using 'mögen' with a subject and 'gefallen' with an indirect object.
I can recognise and pronounce [th] with confidence.
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Key learning points
- German [th] sounds like 't' in English.
- If 't' and 'h' are in different syllables, you say both sounds separately, like in 'Rathaus'.
- The verbs 'mögen' and 'gefallen' both express 'liking', but they work in different ways.
- 'Mögen' works like a standard verb where the subject likes something, e.g., 'ich mag Fußball'.
- 'Gefallen' is 'to please'; use it with an indirect object pronoun, e.g., 'Fußball gefällt mir' - 'football pleases me'.
Keywords
Indirect object pronoun - replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you, to them
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective
Common misconception
'Gefallen' means ‘to like’ and works like a normal verb where I am the subject that does the action of ‘liking’.
'Gefallen' means ‘to please’, so works differently. You are not doing the ‘liking’, the thing you like is ‘pleasing’ you. E.g., 'das Kleid gefällt mir' - literally, 'the dress pleases me'. More naturally translated - 'I like the dress'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words is a definite article?
Q2.Which sentence means 'We travel to France and Poland.'?
Q3.Match the German and English.
comfortable
to use, using
to drink, drinking
old
modern
same
Q4.Match up the years.
1099
1105
1999
2005
Q5.Write another way of saying 'das Museum gefällt mir' in German.
Q6.Translate into German: 'I am a teacher (male).'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Match the German words to how you pronounce [th].
sounds like English 't'
't' and 'h' said separately
no [th] sound