Week 3 - L2

Question 1

when

Answer 1

wann

Question 2

why

Answer 2

warum

Question 3

what

Answer 3

was

Question 4

who

Answer 4

wer

Question 5

how

Answer 5

wie

Question 6

where

Answer 6

wo

Question 7

where from

Answer 7

woher

Question 8

where to

Answer 8

wohin

Question 9

old

Answer 9

alt

Question 10

serious

Answer 10

ernst

Question 11

lazy

Answer 11

faul

Question 12

diligent

Answer 12

fleißig

Question 13

friendly

Answer 13

freundlich

Question 14

patient

Answer 14

geduldig

Question 15

big, large, tall

Answer 15

groß

Question 16

young

Answer 16

jung

Question 17

small, little

Answer 17

klein

Question 18

boring

Answer 18

langweilig

Question 19

funny

Answer 19

lustig

Question 20

nice

Answer 20

nett

Question 21

curious

Answer 21

neugierig

Question 22

quiet

Answer 22

ruhig

Question 23

shy

Answer 23

schüchtern

Question 24

sporty

Answer 24

sportlich

Question 25

stressful

Answer 25

stressig

Question 26

reliable

Answer 26

zuverlässig

Question 27

soon

Answer 27

bald

Question 28

always

Answer 28

immer

Question 29

now

Answer 29

jetzt

Question 30

sometimes

Answer 30

manchmal

Question 31

tomorrow

Answer 31

morgen

Question 32

never

Answer 32

nie

Question 33

often

Answer 33

oft

Question 34

seldom

Answer 34

selten

Question 35

age

Answer 35

dal Alter

Question 36

architect (male) architect (female)

Answer 36

der Architekt die Architektin

Question 37

doctor (male) doctor (female)

Answer 37

der Arzt die Ärztin

Question 38

accountant (male) accountant (female)

Answer 38

der Buchhalter die Buchhalterin

Question 39

place of birth

Answer 39

der Geburtsort

Question 40

house number

Answer 40

die Hausnummer

Question 41

engineer (male) engineer (female)

Answer 41

der Ingenieur die Ingenieurin

Question 42

card

Answer 42

die Karte

Question 43

country

Answer 43

das Land

Question 44

teacher (male) teacher (female)

Answer 44

der Lehrer die Lehrerin

Question 45

surname

Answer 45

der Nachname

Question 46

name

Answer 46

der name

Question 47

place

Answer 47

der Ort

Question 48

street

Answer 48

die Straße

Question 49

streetname

Answer 49

der Straßenname

Question 50

telephone number

Answer 50

die Telefonnummer

Question 51

first name

Answer 51

der Vorname

Question 52

place of residence

Answer 52

der Wohnort

Question 53

What is your address? My address is..

Answer 53

Question: Wie ist deine Adresse? Answer: Meine Adresse ist ...

Question 54

Question: How old are you? Answer: I am ... years old.

Answer 54

Question: Wie alt bist du? Answer: Ich bin ... Jahre alt. To state how old someone is, say: Er / sie ist ... Jahre alt

Question 55

In German addresses number vs street name

Answer 55

In German addresses, the street name (der Straßenname) is placed before the house number (die Hausnummer)

Question 56

To find out somebody’s profession, ask:

Answer 56

„Was sind Sie von Beruf?“ 1. Ich bin Bauingenieurin. ............ I am a civil engineer. 2. Mein Bruder ist Student. .......... My brother is a student. 3. Frau Fischer ist Ärztin. ............. Ms Fischer is a doctor. 4. Herr Schmidt ist Lehrer. ........... Mr Schmidt is a teacher. 5. Sie ist Buchhalterin. ................... She is an accountant. 6. Er ist Architekt. ............................. He is an architect.

Question 57

There are two different types of question in German:

Answer 57

1. “W-word” questions begin with an interrogative pronoun, followed by the verb + subject. Wie heißt du? Woher kommst du? Wer ist das? 2.“Yes / No” questions begin with the verb, followed by the subject. Heißt du Thomas? Kommst du aus Berlin? Ist das die Professorin?

Question 58

Time vs Place

Answer 58

When you have more than one element after the verb (other than the subject), word order can be flexible. As a general rule, though, Germans will tend to place anything that refers to time before any elements that refer to place. It is the other way around in English. Compare: Ich gehe heute ins Kino. I am going to the cinema today. Er arbeitet jetzt hier. He is working here now. Ich fahre morgen nach Berlin. I am going to Berlin tomorrow

Question 59

Word order

Answer 59

The most fundamental principle of German word order is that the conjugated verb is always in second position in a statement (a basic sentence). Unlike English, however, where the subject almost always precedes the verb, in German the subject can either precede or directly follow the verb. Subject and verb must stay together, but the subject can be the first or the third element. Compare the three following options for the same sentence: Ich lerne heute Deutsch. Heute lerne ich Deutsch. Deutsch lerne ich heute.