Sentence Structure - Statements
When looking at a sentence, how can we determine which word is the subject and which word is the verb?
Was ist "the verb is an action, the subject is always a noun, the subject is what does the action"
German statements and questions differ from each other particularly in this way:
Was ist "In a statement, the subject goes first, then the verb, whereas in questions the verb goes first and then the subject"?
The most effective way to know the different conjugated forms of irregular verbs is this:
HINT: technically, there are two ways, but they go hand-in-hand with one another!
Was ist "memorization and use"?
When dealing with a sentence that uses modal verbs, This is the number of verbs you will need to conjugate:
Was ist "one verb - the modal verb - will be conjugated"?
Numbers 21 and above are stated as this in German:
Was ist "single digit value stated first, then 'ten' value - ex. 21 = ein (single digit value) - und - zwanzig (ten value)"?
These words can be identified as the subject and noun of the following sentence: "Der Lehrer schreibt den Brief.":
Was ist "Der Lehrer" is the subject and "schreiben" is the verb?
The format of German questions vary from the format of English questions as this:
Was ist "German questions begin with the verb and then the subject, whereas English questions typically stay subject-then-verb, sometimes with a modal verb to help"
The irregular verbs you will need to know for the Deutsch I Abschluss are ______:
HINT: Es gibt fünf!
Was sind "haben, sein, mögen, können, wollen"?
The inclusion of modal verbs in a sentence causes this change in the structure of the sentence:
Was ist "the modal verb goes after the subject and the action verb moves to the end; in other words, subject -modal verb - everything else - action verb"?
In German, the difference in stating time in formal time vs. informal time can be described as this:
Was ist "formal time is exact time in 24-hour format; informal time is approximations in 12-hour format"?
Using grammatical terms, the word order of simple German sentences/statements, much like in English, can be described as this:
Was ist "subject, verb, everything else"?
Question words, which can be easily found within the classroom if you see one and are not familiar, affect German question structure like this:
Was ist" Question word goes first, then the verb, then the subject, then everything else; in other words, the same exact sentence structure as a question, just with a word added onto the beginning!"?
These are the six conjugated forms of haben:
Was sind "ich habe, du hast, er/sie/es hat, wir haben, ihr habt, sie/Sie haben"?
The sentence structure of a question with a modal verb looks like this:
Was ist "modal verb - subject - everything else - action verb"?
The time "4:00 PM" can be stated in informal time as this:
Was ist "vier Uhr"?
This critical part of German grammar is something you always have to do to make the subject and verb be in agreement:
Was ist "verb conjugation / conjugating the verb"?
The question fragments "Hannes / spielen / die Gitarre / ?" can be organized into a coherent question as this:
Was ist "Spielt Hannes die Gitarre?"
These are the six conjugated forms of sein:
Was sind "ich bin, du bist, er/sie/es ist, wir sind, ihr seid, sie/Sie sind"?
The sentence fragments Meine Schwester / schwimmen / können / gut / schwimmen can be strung together into a coherent sentence as this:
Was ist "Meine Schwester kann gut schwimmen"?
The time "6:43 PM" can be stated in formal time as this:
Was ist "achtzehn Uhr dreiundvierzig"?
The sentence fragments "Johannes / spielen / das Basketballspiel" can be arranged into a grammatically correct sentence as this:
Was ist "Johannes spielt das Basketballspiel."?
The question fragments "wann / ihr / gehen / nach Hause / ?" can be organized into a coherent sentence as this:
Was ist "Wann geht ihr nach Hause?"
When considering the irregular modal verbs mögen, können, and wollen, this pattern can help you remember how to conjugate them:
Was ist "the singular pronouns ich, er, sie and es have the same verb conjugations as each other when conjugating these verbs (ex. ich kann, er/sie/es kann); the plural pronouns conjugate like normal (ex. wir wollen, ihr wollt, sie/Sie wollen)"?
The question fragments Was / du / essen / wollen / heute / ? can be strung together into a coherent question as this:
Was ist "Was willst du heute essen?"
The time "21:45" can be stated in informal time as this:
Was ist "viertel vor zehn"?