Verbs
to learn
lernen
I play
Ich spiele
I
ich
words that express action
what is a verb?
words that are the same in English and German
cognates
spielen
to play
he goes
er geht
we
wir
This is the ending of 99.9% of German verbs
What is -en?
3 countries where German is spoken
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
to write
schreiben
we learn
wir lernen
you all
ihr
der, die, das
What are the German articles?
What do German and English have in common?
They are Germanic languages
telefonieren
to call on the phone
they sing
sie singen
he, she, it
er, sie,es
Refers to changing the ending of the verb so that the verb agrees with the subject
What is conjugation?
German letter with two dots are called
Umlauts
gehen
to go
Frau Lambert writes
Frau Lambert schreibt
you (singular)
you
How to recognize a German noun
It is always capitalized
How many definite articles are in German language?
three (der,die,das)