Compare school experiences: possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr'
Learning outcomes
I can use possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr' to describe school experiences for different people.
I can recognise and pronounce stressed and unstressed [er].
Compare school experiences: possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr'
Learning outcomes
I can use possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr' to describe school experiences for different people.
I can recognise and pronounce stressed and unstressed [er].
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Key learning points
- [er] is usually stressed when it's part of the first syllable of a word or a single syllable word e.g. Herz, er, lernen.
- [er] is most often unstressed when it is is at the end of a word e.g. Bruder.
- Adding the suffix -heit to certain (though not all) adjectives creates nouns, usually meaning adjective + -ity or -ness.
- 'Unser' and 'ihr' are possessive adjectives; 'unser' means 'our' and 'ihr' means 'their'.
- Possessive adjectives 'unser' and 'ihr' change their spelling to agree with gender of the noun and the case.
Keywords
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g. '-heit'
Possessive adjective - word that goes before a noun to show ownership or belonging
Common misconception
There is only one word in German for 'our' and 'their', just like in English.
Possessive adjectives like 'unser' and 'ihr' change the spelling according to the gender of the noun and the case that is needed e.g. 'unser Hund', 'unsere Katze'; 'ihr Vater', 'ihre Mutter'.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
my
your (informal)
his
her
rather
instead of
particularly
more
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
to explain, explaining
to allow, allowing
to tell, telling
gave, given
history, story
truth
our
their
alone
however
without