Nouns

What is a noun O A noun is the name of a person, O place, O animal O or thing.

Nouns in German are special O They are always written with a capital letter O There are 3 groups of nouns, so each noun belongs to a group

Groups O Each group has its own word for the O der O die O das

Question O How do we know which group a noun belongs to?

Answer O When you learn a new word, learn the word for the that goes with it, then you will never go wrong

Der words O These words are in blue O all male people e.g. der Vater O All seasons e.g. der Sommer O All the days e.g. der Montag O All the months e.g. der Februar O Lots of other words e.g. der Kuli

Die words O These words are in red O All female people (except the girl) e.g die Mutter O Usually words ending in –e e.g. die Schule O Words ending in –in e.g. die Lehrerin O Lots of other words e.g die Fahne

Das words O These words are written in green O Words ending in –chen e.g. das Mädchen O Usually words from other languages e.g. das Hotel O Lots of other words e.g. das Kino

Kasus - Case In German there are four cases: O Nominativ O Akkusativ O Dativ O Genitiv

Kasus The doer of the action is in the nominative case Example: Ein iPod ist teuer – An iPod is expensive The iPod is doing the action Therefore the iPod is the doer and is in the nominative case

Kasus The receiver of the action (verb) is in the accusative case Example: Ich kaufe einen iPod – I buy an iPod I am doing the verb – I is in the nominative Case The iPod is receiving the action. Therefore, an iPod is in the accusative case

Der bestimmte Artikel O Is the word for the. O In German there are several words for the word the der, die, das, die

Der bestimmte Artikel TheMaskulinumFemininumNeutrumPlural Nominativder die das die Akkusativden die das die As you can see der words are the only words that change in the accusative case

Regel - Akkusativ Nominativ + sein Akkusativ + other verbs (e.g. haben, suchen, fressen etc.)

Ein Beispiel Das ist der Hund. Ich kaufe Hundefutter für den Hund.

Hausaufgabe O Übung 12 (page 95) Examples: 1. Der Hund frisst gern Fleisch. 2. Die Katze trinkt gern Milch. O Übung 13 (page 95) Examples: 1. Der Hamster ist verloren! 2. Ich suche den Hamster.

A / an O for O der words use ein O die words use eine O das words use ein

my O For O der words use mein O die words use meine O das words use mein

your O For O der words use dein O die words use deine O das words use dein