Das Leben in anderen Ländern: adjectives with '-los', uses of 'man'
I can create adjectives from nouns and use the pronoun 'man' to express what 'is done' and 'was done' by people in general.
Das Leben in anderen Ländern: adjectives with '-los', uses of 'man'
I can create adjectives from nouns and use the pronoun 'man' to express what 'is done' and 'was done' by people in general.
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Key learning points
- Add the suffix '-los' to nouns to create adjectives meaning '-less' or 'without -'.
- Some '-los' adjectives can be translated directly, but some have other English adjectives with equivalent meanings.
- The subject pronoun 'man' is used to mean 'people' or 'you' as well as 'one'.
- Use 'man + verb' to translate English phrases that do not specify a particular subject, e.g., 'It is said that ... '.
- 'Man' is used far more commonly in German than the English subject pronoun ‘one’.
Keywords
Suffix - a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g., '-los'
Man - 3rd person singular pronoun meaning 'one,' 'you', used to refer to people in general
Common misconception
The German subject pronoun 'man' must always be translated using the English subject pronoun 'one'.
'Man' has a range of possible translations, including 'people' and 'you'. It can also be used to say what 'is done' or 'was done' by people in general.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
began
knew
flew
informed
I
you (singular informal)
you (plural informal)
you (formal)
we
he
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
useless
without doubt
without conflict
unemployed