*vocabulary – choice of words
*phrases – not a sentence , just a group of words
*phonetic language – how you spell it is how you pronounce it
*grammar
*verb conjugation -
*verb tenses – (simple tense, present past future / perfect tense, present past future / continuous
perfect etc. )
* verb – irregular verbs (verbs you cannot add –ed, -s, -ing) regular verbs ( you can add –ed, -s, -ing)
ex. Play – playing, like – liked
*prepositions – pre- positions ( is, are, at, on )
*pronouns - (I, me, mine,myself, she, hers, herself, we, us , ours)
*prefixes(beginning) ( un, super,multi,over,cyber) suffixes (end) (ish, er, less, able, ize/ise)
*nouns + vocabs + conjugation + word order + cases + gender
*cognates
*Die wortstellung the verb at the end rule “golden rule”
*gender rule
*nominative/accusative/dative/genitive (german)
Nominative ( subject of the verb who/was/what, he she it)
Accusative (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them)
Dative - indirect object to which an action is being performed ( to me, to you, to them)
Genetive (whose, whom)
NOMINATIVE ACCUSATIVE DATIVE
er ihn ihm
sie sie ihr
es es ihm
wir uns uns
Er ( nominative HE) ihn ( accusative HIM) ihr (plural YOU, masculine)
Wir ( We) Uns ( us)
Bist = is for addressing one person that you know on an informal (familiar/friendly) basis
Seid =(ihr) is for addressing multiple people that you know on an informal (familiar/friendly)
basis
Sind = (Sie) is for addressing either one person or multiple people that you know a formal
(unfamiliar) basis
*So you would use the bist/seid for friends and family, and young children and the sind for
addressing anyone using 'you' formally, as well as they/we.
I am Ich bin
You are Du bist
He/she/it is Er/sie/es ist
We are Wir sind
You are Ihr seid
They are Sie sind
Der, ein = masculine
Die, eine= feminine
Das, ein = neutral
Die =plural
Ich mochte – I want, I would like
Ich sollte – I should
Ich muss – I must
Ich Kann – I can
Ich werde – I will
*alphabets
*understand how sentences are constructed
*begin learning simple german phrases
*italki
*meetup.com
*hello talk app
BOOKS / MATERIALS
*501 german verbs by barron’s
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-german-verb-bestelle.html
https://www.fluentin3months.com/german-learning-resources/
https://takelessons.com/blog/german-grammar-mistakes-z12
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/Grammatik/Gender/Gender.html
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/de/Common-Phrases/3
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/german/lessons/german-genitive
http://www.languagedaily.com/learn-german/vocabulary/common-german-words-7 german vocabs
http://www.mittelschulvorbereitung.ch/index.php?actualid=19&which_set=11
