Grammer Flashcards
Where is the Modalverb put in a sentence
Where is the verb put when this happens
2nd position
The end of the sentence
Ex: Ich muss meine Hausaufgaben machen.
Muss is the Modalverb and is in 2nd position
Machen is the verb and is moved to the end
Nominative case
Nouns/pronouns that are the subject of the sentence
Accusative case
Noun or pronoun is the direct object
From Nominative to Accusative, what changes for the word the
der changes to den (masculine)
Ex: Der Lehrer kauft den Schreibtisch
From Nominative to Accusative, what changes for the word a/an/one
Ein changes to einen (masculine)
Ex: Ein Schüler braucht einen Bleistift
What words change from Nominative to Accusative
Just add e to the end
SINGULAR PLURAL NOT ANY
Mein(e) Unser(e) = ours Kein(e)
Dein(e) Euer(e) = yours
Sein(e) Ihr(e) = their(s)
Ihr(e) = her(s) Ihr(e) = you(rs) (formal)
The verb ending for ich is
E
The verb ending for du is
St
The verb ending for er, sie, and es is
T
The verb ending for wir is
En
The verb ending for ihr is
T
The verb ending for sie (plural) and Sie is
En
Note that sometimes verb endings can cause spelling changes
Examples of this are:
- adding an extra letter to avoid confusion:
Zeichnen: Sie zeichnEt - adding an umlaut on a vowel:
Schlafen: Er schlÄft
For dates up to the 19th
Take the number and add —te
Ex:
1st = erste
2nd = zweite
3rd = dritte
For dates from the 20th and up
Take the number and add —ste
Ex:
20th = zwanzigste
31st = einunddreißigste
