Familie und Freunde: translation, comprehension, conversation
I can use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures to understand and talk about friends and family.
Familie und Freunde: translation, comprehension, conversation
I can use a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures to understand and talk about friends and family.
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Key learning points
- We use possessive adjectives frequently when talking about friends and family.
- The adverb ‘gern’ is used with a verb to mean ‘like’; ‘lieber’ with a verb means ‘prefer’.
- Add –er to turn adverbs into comparatives.
- The imperfect tense in German is used most often to narrate past events in writing, so is often used in stories.
- When answering conversation questions, strong answers are full sentences including extra detail, opinions and reasons.
Keywords
Possessive adjective - shows who something belongs to, e.g., my, your
Comparative - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Lieber - comparative adverb meaning 'more gladly', 'rather'
Gern - adverb meaning 'gladly', 'like to'
Imperfect tense - verb tense used most often in German to narrate past events in writing
Common misconception
When answering conversation questions, it’s good to keep answers as short as possible, as in a role-play task.
To give strong answers in conversation, it’s important to answer in full sentences and give details in our answers, including opinions and reasons, where appropriate.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
general, generally
mostly
black
nice
strong
alone
thought
knew
did, put
named
pulled, moved
Exit quiz
6 Questions
separated
great
quiet, soft, quietly, softly
with each other
value, worth
earlier, sooner, rather