A murder mystery party: relative clauses
I can create adjectives from nouns adding the suffix -los, and I can use relative clauses to give further information about suspects and clues in the context of a murder mystery party.
A murder mystery party: relative clauses
I can create adjectives from nouns adding the suffix -los, and I can use relative clauses to give further information about suspects and clues in the context of a murder mystery party.
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Key learning points
- Adding the suffix -los to German nouns creates adjectives with the English equivalent -less or the meaning 'without'.
- Relative clauses add information about the noun in a main clause without starting another sentence.
- German subject relative clauses start with a relative pronoun, 'der', 'die', 'das', 'die' and end with a verb.
- Relative clauses can be embedded in main clauses, with commas before and after the clause.
Keywords
Suffix -los - letter string added to the end of many German nouns to create adjectives with the English meaning '-less' or 'without'
Relative clause - adds information about the noun in the main clause
Common misconception
You can add the suffix -los to any German noun to make an adjective.
You can't just add -los to any noun to form an adjective. It only works if the result makes real sense - usually where there’s a natural English -less equivalent (like 'hairless', 'hopeless', 'windowless').
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which adjective refers to a colour?
Q2.Match the German and English.
to describe, describing
to grab, grasp
to listen, listening
to put, place (horizontally)
to meet, meeting
to hide, hiding
Q3.Match the German and English.
lawyer
leaf
window
hat
drums
page, side