The GCSE to AS German bridging summer class &#x27;13 *Last Edited 29th July*

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hmm, only one vote so far?

Anyone else like to vote on the poll to give me feedback?

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username321708

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Original post by Octopus_Garden

hmm, only one vote so far?

Anyone else like to vote on the poll to give me feedback?

I voted for 'about right' seeing as some people seem to be mixing up the modal verbs, and I think listing more difficult questions would deter people, perhaps? I'm just speculating. That and the fact I have forgotten some of the grammar I learnt; I can relearn vocabulary easy enough.

Also, your sig made me chuckle. :lol:

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Meine Mummie hat mir gesagt, dass ich zu gross bin, ein Baby zu sein :yep:

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Original post by 21stcenturyphantom

I voted for 'about right' seeing as some people seem to be mixing up the modal verbs, and I think listing more difficult questions would deter people, perhaps? I'm just speculating. That and the fact I have forgotten some of the grammar I learnt; I can relearn vocabulary easy enough.

Also, your sig made me chuckle. :lol:

My umlauts for copy-pasta-ing at need, or the quote?

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username321708

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Original post by Octopus_Garden

My umlauts for copy-pasta-ing at need, or the quote?

I noticed the umlauts a long time ago. :h:

Myself, I just learned and memorised the alt accent codes by having a sticky note stuck to the bottom of my monitor..much quicker! But yes the quote is what made me laugh. :biggrin:

Reply 66

Ich glaube, dass es ein Meerschweinchen unter meinen Bett gibt!! xD
Es gibt ein Meerschweinchen, dass unter meinem Bett wohnt!! :redface:

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"Olly und Stefan gehen zusammen ins Bett." but "Ollie und Stafan! Geht ihr zusammen ins Bett"

"Olly und Stefan! Wohin wollen Sie gehen"
"Olly und Stefan! Wohin wollt ihr gehen"
I'm too used to plural verbs being in the full infinitive form... :frown:

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Reply 68

"sollen" is a modal verb which doesn't change... :wink:

Reply 69

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Original post by thatitootoo

"sollen" is a modal verb which doesn't change... :wink:

It is. So, you should be able to deal with it!

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I'm doing all this from my iPod by the way...das geht sehr langsam!!

1) Du ___musst__ den Keks essen (müssen)
2) Ich _soll___ diese Aufgabe machen. (sollen)
3) Klasse 11B, _wollt____ ihr die Prüfungen bestehen? (wollen)
4) Frau Ärztin, _kann___ ich zwei Schmerztabletten haben, bitte? (können)
5) Peter _mag__ Geschenke. (mögen) Ich auch!!
6) ____Könnt_ ihr die Schlafzimmer aufräumen (können)
7) Sabine, __willst____ du mit mir ins Kino gehen? (wollen)
8) _Kann___ das Kind schon lesen? (können)
9) Ihr _sollt____ diesen neuen Film ansehen. (sollen) sehen müssen :tongue:

10) Können______ Kinder in dieser Schule Fremdsprachen lernen (können)
11) Soll____ Herr Michael Gove zürucktreten? (sollen) Lol! I think!?
12) Draco, _maggsy____ du Muggeln? (mögen)
13) Draco antwortet: „Nein, ich _mag__ sie nicht!“ (mögen)
14) Ihr __müsst___ recyceln. (müssen)
15) Wir müssen______ Energie sparen. (müssen)
16) Mein Bruder __soll__ Deutsch lernen (sollen)

Fertig!! How many did I get wrong? :colonhash:

Ps...I'm not sure what the words in bold mean!! :tongue:

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Post #10 is longggggggggtttgtfg

Anyhoo...I just picked up on the complete lack of "dürfen" in the post above! :wink:

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Original post by thatitootoo

I'm doing all this from my iPod by the way...das geht sehr langsam!!

1) Du ___musst__ den Keks essen (müssen)
2) Ich _soll___ diese Aufgabe machen. (sollen)
3) Klasse 11B, _wollt____ ihr die Prüfungen bestehen? (wollen)
4) Frau Ärztin, _kann___ ich zwei Schmerztabletten haben, bitte? (können)
5) Peter _mag__ Geschenke. (mögen) Ich auch!!
6) ____Könnt_ ihr die Schlafzimmer aufräumen (können)
7) Sabine, __willst____ du mit mir ins Kino gehen? (wollen)
8) _Kann___ das Kind schon lesen? (können)
9) Ihr _sollt____ diesen neuen Film ansehen. (sollen) sehen müssen :tongue:

10) Können______ Kinder in dieser Schule Fremdsprachen lernen (können)
11) Soll____ Herr Michael Gove zürucktreten? (sollen) Lol! I think!?
12) Draco, _maggsy____ du Muggeln? (mögen)
13) Draco antwortet: „Nein, ich _mag__ sie nicht!“ (mögen)
14) Ihr __müsst___ recyceln. (müssen)
15) Wir müssen______ Energie sparen. (müssen)
16) Mein Bruder __soll__ Deutsch lernen (sollen)

Fertig!! How many did I get wrong? :colonhash:

Ps...I'm not sure what the words in bold mean!! :tongue:

12) magst.

In this context, bestehen is "pass". It has a very long entry in my dictionary, due to its many other uses; ansehen is to watch [a film]; zürucktreten is to resign. Muggeln means muggles!

Original post by thatitootoo

Post #10 is longggggggggtttgtfg

Anyhoo...I just picked up on the complete lack of "dürfen" in the post above! :wink:

Couldn't think of any good examples. Besides, I have been known to misuse dürfen and I didn't want to mislead anyone on its usage. Besides, if you grasp the conjugation of the other five, you can probably grasp how to conjugate dürfen without specific examples!

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1) (Winnie the Pooh)s (eats)v (honey)o
2) (The poet)s is (writing)v (a poem)o
3) (The engineer)s (designs)v (a bridge)o
4) (The child)s (does)v (an essay.)o
5) (The audience)s is (watching)v (the film)o contentedly.
6) (The little girl)s (loves)v (the seaside.)o
7) (The troll)s (insults)v (a forum-user)o
8) (The serial killer)s (composes)v (a taunting note.)o
9) (The teenagers)s (drink)v (cheap cider.)o
10) (The princess)s (rescues)v (the grey knight in dingy armour.)o

I could have done highlights instead...but that would have taken at least an hour on this damn ting

Reply 74

Original post by Octopus_Garden

12) magst.

In this context, bestehen is "pass". It has a very long entry in my dictionary, due to its many other uses; ansehen is to watch [a film]; zürucktreten is to resign. Muggeln means muggles!Couldn't think of any good examples. Besides, I have been known to misuse dürfen and I didn't want to mislead anyone on its usage. Besides, if you grasp the conjugation of the other five, you can probably grasp how to conjugate dürfen without specific examples!

"maggsy" ! Ich halte meine Vingere füer verantwortlich!! (sp?)
If the Dutch equivalent of 'ansehen' is 'aanzien'...it's like negative like like
"Ik kan het niet meer aanzien!"
"I can't bare to look at it anymore!"
("Ich kann es nicht mehr ansehen!")
Might be different in German doeee

I'll need to google "muggles", as it's not really in my vocabz

Reply 75

This ting wouldn't copy the whole paragraph! :mad:

Here are some English sentences.
Identify the appropriate pronouns.
1) She listened to the radio.
2) Frederick asked him to marry him. And he said yes :smile:

3) He bought the balloon.
4) He resigned from his position as manager of Manchester United.
5) She loves the dinosaur t-shirt.
6) I shot the sheriff
7) Geraldine hates him, because his mobile phone rang during her piano recital.
8) That blouse suits her.
9) Me love (me some) ice cream. (it's I really...)
10) He hit me with a giant animatronic ladybird. :lolwut:

Reply 76

Nominative- sie
Accusative- sie

But w00t ist 'ihr'

Sie besucht ihren Grossvater...etc

Reply 77

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Original post by thatitootoo

Nominative- sie
Accusative- sie

But w00t ist 'ihr'

Sie besucht ihren Grossvater...etc

It's her in the sense of her book, not her in the sense of the snowball hit her. English uses the same word for direct female object (he loves her very much) and word-demonstrating-that-something-belongs-to-a-female (her grandfather). Interestingly (and unsurprisingly) English chooses to be inconsistent and uses completely different words for direct-male object (he loves him very much) and word-demonstrating-that-something-belongs-to-a-male (his grandfather).

The Germans, on the other hand, are logical and consistent!

As it happens, these words are going to be the subject of the next post. I found out the other week on the Polyglot thread that they're actually called possessive determiners, but I've always called them by my own name.

But you don't need the actual grammatical terms at all. Maybe the proper term necessary at degree level, or if you're studying linguistics, but so long as you can use them, that's all that will be necessary for you for the next two years.

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