Gesund bleiben: abstract adjectival neuter nouns, adding '-los'
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can form neuter adjectival nouns with ‘wenig’ and ‘viel’ and create adjectives from nouns in the context of health.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Adjectival nouns, like adjectives, change according to gender, case and the article used with them.
- Following 'wenig' or 'viel' , capitalise an adjective and add '-es' to turn it to a neuter adjectival noun.
- Add the suffix '-los' to nouns to create adjectives meaning '-less' or 'without -'.
- [v] in 'viel' is pronounced like English 'f' as in 'Vater', [w] in 'wenig' is pronounced like English 'v' as in 'Welt'.
- [ig] at the end of a word is pronounced as in 'richtig' and a final [s] sounds like the English 's'.
Keywords
Adjectival noun - a type of noun that takes the same endings as adjectives
Viel - word meaning 'a lot', 'much', sometimes followed by a neuter adjectival noun
Wenig - word meaning 'little', often followed by a neuter adjectival noun
Suffix - a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it is used, e.g., '-los'
Common misconception
Adjectival nouns behave like adjectives in every way.
Adjectival nouns, like adjectives, change endings according to gender, case and the article used with them. However, like nouns, they have a grammatical gender and a capital letter. Abstract adjectival nouns are neuter.
Teacher tip
As an extension to Task C2, students could translate the sentences containing examples of '-los' adjectives and 'viel' and 'wenig' adjectival nouns in the transcript, or translate a whole section of the text. Abstract adjectival nouns and adding '-los' to form adjectives are Higher-only grammar.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these words is not an item of food?
Q2.Match the German and English.
to depend, depending
to get, fetch, pick up
to get on, getting on
to put out, switch off
to meet, get to know
to call, calling
Q3.Match the German and English.
facility, complex
equipment
result, consequence, series (TV)
body
victory
competition
Q4.Rewrite the following sentence in the perfect tense: 'Ich sehe fern.'
Q5.Write in German: 'The team is sporty.'
Q6.Write in German: 'He has a delicious sandwich'.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.In German, a [v] sounds like an English __________ and a [w] sounds like an English __________.
Q2.Match the German and English.
sad
the sad thing
a lot of sad things
not many sad things
nothing sad
all the sad things, everything sad
Q3.Match the German and English.
unemployed
free of charge
pain-free
meat-free
airless
aimless
Q4.Write 'little of importance' in German. Use an adjectival noun.
Q5.Write 'lots of interesting things' in German. Use an adjectival noun.
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