Junge Deutsche: neuter adjectival nouns, nominalisation, adjectival agreement
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use neuter adjectival nouns with 'etwas' and 'alles', and verbs as nouns, to extend my understanding of career options for young Germans.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Following 'etwas', capitalise an adjective and add '-es' to turn it to a neuter adjectival noun.
- Following 'alles', capitalise an adjective and add '-e' to turn it to a neuter adjectival noun.
- German verbs can be nominalised as neuter nouns, and used with or without 'das'.
- Adjectives change spelling depending on case and gender.
Keywords
Adjectival noun - a type of noun that takes the same endings as adjectives
Etwas - indefinite pronoun meaning ‘something’, often followed by a neuter adjectival noun
Alles - indefinite pronoun meaning ‘everything’, often followed by a neuter adjectival noun
Nominalisation - turning verbs into nouns
Common misconception
When an adjective follows 'ein', always add 'en'.
Adjective endings reflect the case and gender of the word they refer to. Dative case adjectives end in -en. In nominative and accusative, use -e for feminine and -es for neuter. Masculine -er and -en match (d)er (nominative) and (d)en (accusative).
Teacher tip
Encourage students to recognise nominalised verbs and to translate them into English using '-ing', e.g., das Lernen - learning. Also encourage the use of 'etwas' and 'alles' with neuter adjectival nouns for greater variety and confidence in writing and speaking.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
system
temperature
tattoo
destination, goal
order, tidiness
relationship
Q2.Match the German and English.
interesting
necessary
possible
complicated
brave
important
Q3.'Das ist __________ Buch.'. Choose the correct missing words.
Q4.'Ich sehe __________ Film.'. Choose the correct missing words.
Q5.'Ich arbeite mit __________ Frau.'. Choose the correct missing words.
Q6.Sort the words below into the correct order to form the following sentence: 'My work as an actor is fun for me.'
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Turning German verbs into nouns, e.g., 'das Hochladen', is called .
Q2.Match the German and English.
boss
artist
teacher
singer
lawyer
poet
Q3.Which of these words means 'to lead, guide'?
Q4.Match the German and English.
to fall, falling
(I) fall, am falling
(you) fall, are falling
(she, he, it) falls, is falling
Q5.Translate the following sentence into German: 'You win everything possible.'
Q6.Translate the following sentence into German: 'I do something interesting.'
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