A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a

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Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 43 of 151 12/8/2017 Ich suche immer stark Überraschendes als Geburtstagsgeschenk für meine Schwester. I always look for something really surprising as a birthday present for my sister. [or:] I always look for really surprising things as a birthday present for my sister. Unit: 4: Verbs with prefixes; adjective endings 7. Place Names as Adjectives German has a very simple way of using place names as adjectives: add the ending –er. Note that no other adjective endings are added, regardless of case or number. das Genfer Abkommen der Hamburger Flughafen the Geneva Convention the Hamburg airport These adjectives can also be used as nouns: der Berliner die Berlinerin the Berliner (male from Berlin) the Berliner (female from Berlin) Unit: 4: Verbs with prefixes; adjective endings 8. Verbs as Nouns You can recognize verbs functioning as nouns by their capitalization and their grammatical behavior as nouns. All such nouns are neuter. Thus, das Schwimmen means “the activity of swimming,” das Schreiben “writing,” das Lernen “learning.” You will often see these words used without an article. Examples: Im tiefen Schnee ist das Gehen sehr schwierig. In deep snow, walking is very difficult. (a more natural translation:) It is very difficult to walk in deep snow. Wo lernt man Segelfliegen in Deutschland? Where does one learn hang-gliding in Germany? (a more natural translation:) Where does one learn to hang-glide in Germany?
Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 44 of 151 12/8/2017 Ich lernte das Schwimmen. I learned how to swim. Das Schwimmen in der See ist nicht leicht. Swimming in the ocean is not easy. To practice some key skills covered in this unit, play the Unit 4 Syntax Untangler activity. (Link opens in a new window.) You may find the Review Units 1-4 exercise more valuable now or as a later review opportunity. Unit: 5: Prepositions, reflexives 1. Objectives In this unit you will learn how to: Translate prepositions. Identify and translate prepositional phrases. Translate adverbs correctly based on German word order. Identify and translate reflexive pronouns and reflexive verbs. Identify relationships between certain categories of nouns and their root word. Unit: 5: Prepositions, reflexives 2. Prepositions Almost all of the prepositions you will encounter in German are listed here with their most common meanings: an at nach to (with place names), after, according to (an)statt instead of neben next to auf up, on ohne without
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