Wissen ist Macht! Wissen, kennen, können
Learning outcomes
I can use 'wissen', 'kennen' and 'können' to talk about knowledge.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ss] and [ß] accurately.
Wissen ist Macht! Wissen, kennen, können
Learning outcomes
I can use 'wissen', 'kennen' and 'können' to talk about knowledge.
I can recognise, write and pronounce [ss] and [ß] accurately.
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Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The SSCs [-ss-] and [-ß-] sound the same.
- 'Wissen' means to know with facts.
- 'Kennen' means to know someone or be familiar with something.
- 'Können' means to be able to, to know how to do something.
Keywords
[-ss-] - pronounced as in 'lassen'
[-ß-] - pronounced as in 'Spaß'
Wissen - to know with facts
Können - to be able to, to know how to do something.
Common misconception
[ß] is a capital B and sounds like [b].
[ß] sounds the same as [ss]. [ß] is used after long vowels, [ss] after short vowels. In words with 's' as the final sound, the spelling [-s] or [ß] needs to be learnt; for example, 'Glas' or 'Spaß'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
fantastic
terrible
useful
Austrian
poor
English
a German (female)
a Swiss person (male)
German (the language)
the Germans
Switzerland
I can, am able to
you (singular) can, are able to
he can, is able to
we can, are able to
you (plural, informal) can, are able to
you/they can, are able to
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to know facts
to know a person, to be familiar with something
to be able to, to know how to do something
Use capital letters to start sentences.
Capital letters can turn verbs into nouns.
Capital letters can turn adjectives into nouns to represent languages.
Capital letters can create adjectival nouns to describe nationality.