GERMAN REVISION (CORRECT)

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darfst du auf keinen Fall die Möglichkeit verpassen

you can’t miss the opportunity

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Which conjunctions is a comma used before?

Aber, denn, doch, jedoch, sondern

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Which nouns are neuter?

Diminutives: -chen (das Mädchen) & -lein (das Büchlein)

Loanwords: -ment (das Appartement), -um (das Museum), -o (das Auto).

Abstract: -nis (das Ergebnis), -tum (das Christentum).

Specific Suffixes: -ett (das Bett), -eau (das Niveau), -ma (das Klima), -icht (das Gewicht).

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Which nouns are feminine?

Suffixes: -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ung, -ik, -in, -ei, -ie, -ur.

Suffixes (Latin/Foreign): -enz, -tät, -ion, -sion. die Eleganz (elegance) die Universität (university)

The letter -e: A very common sign, though with exceptions. die Mutter (mother), die Sonne (sun)

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Which nouns are masculine?

  • -ant, -ist, -or, -us: der Elefant (elephant), der Rassismus (racism), der Motor (motor).

  • -ling: der Schmetterling (butterfly), der Frühling (spring).

  • -ig, -ich: der Honig (honey), der Teppich (carpet).

  • -er, -el: der Lehrer (teacher), der Löffel (spoon) (around 60% end this way).

  • -ismus: der Kapitalismus (capitalism). 

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When is a comma used ?

  • separate subordinate clauses

  • when there is no linking conjunction

  • when an infinitive clause is introduced by propositions such as anstatt, außer, ohne, um.

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hören von

hear about

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einer der Aspekte

one of the aspects

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es gibt sogar

there’s even..

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worauf du dich freuen kannst

which you can look forward to.

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umgeben von einer Vielfalt an Restaurants

surrounded by a variety of restaurants

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Lust haben auf..

want to do something

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sie haben für dich geöffnet

They are open (for you)

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In diesem historischen Gebäude

in this historic building

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zum Hotel zu gehen

to go to the hotel

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Genitive place rule?

Use ‘von’ when referring to the genitive of places.

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Angestellte in Prora

employees at Prora

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respektvoll anerkennen

respectfully recognise

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geistig

intellectually

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anfangen mit + dat

to start something

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ankommen auf + akk

to depend on

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antworten auf + akk

Answer questions

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aufhören mit + dat

to stop something

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sich aufregen über

work yourself up about

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ausgeben für

pay for something

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sich bedanken bei + dat

to thank for something

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sich bemühen um + akk

to try really hard to do something

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sich beschweren bei + dat

to complain to someone

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sich beziehen auf + akk

refer to

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sich entschließen zu + Dat

decide to do something

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sich entschuldigen bei + dat

to apologise to

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sich erholen von + dat

to recover from

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sich erkundigen nach + dat

to enquire about

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Gentive ending for plural?

der/ einer

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Dative ending for plural

den/ einen

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Which nouns form a plural with -en?

  • Most feminine nouns ending in -e: die Blume → die Blumen (flower/flowers)

  • Feminine nouns ending in -in (double the n): die Lehrerin → die Lehrerinnen (female teacher/teachers)

  • Feminine nouns ending in -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ung, -ion, -tät: die Freiheit → die Freiheiten (freedom/freedoms)

  • Most masculine weak nouns: der Junge → die Jungen (boy/boys), der Mensch → die Menschen (person/people)

  • Many masculine nouns ending in -e: der Name → die Namen (name/names)

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Which nouns form -e in the plural?

  • Many one-syllable masculine nouns: der Hund → die Hunde (dog/dogs)

  • Many one-syllable masculine nouns with umlaut: der Sohn → die Söhne (son/sons)

  • Some feminine nouns with umlaut: die Hand → die Hände (hand/hands)

  • Some neuter nouns: das Brot → die Brote (bread/breads)

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Which nouns form -er in the plural

Always involves umlaut when possible (when the stem has a, o, u, or au).

General patterns:

  • Many one-syllable neuter nouns: das Kind → die Kinder (child/children)

  • Some one-syllable masculine nouns: der Mann → die Männer (man/men), der Wald → die Wälder (forest/forests)

  • Never used with feminine nouns.

  • Nouns ending in -tum: der Reichtum → die Reichtümer (wealth/riches)

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Which nouns form a plural with s?

  • Words ending in -a, -i, -o, -u: das Auto → die Autos (car/cars), die Oma → die Omas (grandma/grandmas)

  • Foreign words, especially from English/French: das Hotel → die Hotels, der Manager → die Manager (with -s)

  • Abbreviations: der PKW → die PKWs

  • Family names: die Müllers (the Müller family)

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gratulieren zu + dat

congratulate on

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sich handeln von + dat

to be about

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hindern an + dat

to stop you doing something

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klagen über + akk

complain about

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riechen nach + dat

to smell of

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schicken an + akk

to send to

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sehen von

to see something of

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warnen vor + dat

to warn about something

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zusehen bei + dat

to see one another