L2 Week 8

Question 1

(ordinal numbers)

Answer 1

ORDINALZAHLEN

Question 2

Most ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.) below 20th are formed by adding the suffix

Answer 2

‘-te’
to the cardinal number (one, two, etc.). Note there are exceptions…

Question 3

Ordinal numbers from 20th onwards are formed by adding the suffix

Answer 3

’ -ste’

to the cardinal number.

Question 4

1st

Answer 4

erste*

Question 5

2nd

Answer 5

zweite

Question 6

3rd

Answer 6

dritte*

Question 7

4th

Answer 7

vierte

Question 8

5th

Answer 8

fünfte

Question 9

6th

Answer 9

sechste

Question 10

7th

Answer 10

siebte*

Question 11

8th

Answer 11

achte *

Question 12

9th

Answer 12

neunte

Question 13

10th

Answer 13

zehnte

Question 14

11th

Answer 14

elfte

Question 15

13th

Answer 15

dreizehnte

Question 16

12th

Answer 16

zwölfte

Question 17

20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th…

Answer 17

• zwanzigste
• einundzwanzigste
• zweiundzwanzigste
• dreiundzwanzigste
• vierundzwanzigste

Question 18

Ordinal numbers are usually used with the

“definite article”

Answer 18

Samstag ist der erste November.

Question 19

Digits are written with a ‘period’ :

Answer 19

der 1. (erste) November = the 1st of November / November 1st.

Question 20

To say something happens ON a certain date, use

Answer 20

‘am (+ -n)’

: eg. am 1. (erste’n’) November.

Question 21

When is your birthday?

I have …, …., …. Birthday.

Answer 21

1. Wann hast du Geburtstag

2.Ich habe …………………….Geburtstag.

Question 22

Five of the six modal verbs modify an infinitive;

Answer 22

the exception is ‘mögen,’ which takes a direct object.

Question 23

Modal auxiliary verbs are used to express things like

‘permission, ability, possibility, desire, intention, necessity, expectation and obligation.’

Answer 23

1. modal verb is conjugated and placed in the SECOND POSITION in a STATEMENT or W-WORD QUESTION,

2.FIRST POSITION in a yes/no question.

3. The INFINITIVE of the verb expressing the ACTION (what somebody can, must, etc. do) is placed at the END of the SENTENCE OR QUESTION.

Question 24

6 MODAL VERBS ARE?

Answer 24

1. können
2. dürfen
3. müssen
4. sollen
   5.wollen
5. mögen

-The ich and the er/sie/es forms are identical.

Question 25

können

Answer 25

*kann kannst *kann können könnt können

Question 26

dürfen

Answer 26

*darf darfst *darf dürfen dürft dürfen

Question 27

müssen

Answer 27

*muss musst *muss müssen müsst müssen

Question 28

sollen

Answer 28

*soll sollst *soll sollen sollt sollen

Question 29

wollen

Answer 29

*will willst *will wollen wollt wollen

Question 30

mögen

Answer 30

*mag magst *mag mögen mögt mögen

Question 31

möchten

Answer 31

*möchte möchtest *möchte möchten möchtet möchten

Question 32

Remember that when a separable-prefix verb is used in its infinitive form, the prefix is never separated from the base verb.

Answer 32

---- Wann kommt ihr vorbei? Wann wollt ihr vorbeikommen? ----- Rufst du mich morgen an? Kannst du mich morgen anrufen?

Question 33

A special form of the modal verb mögen called the subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) is used to express what somebody would like to do:

Answer 33

Wir möchten morgen Tennis spielen. --- We would like to play tennis tomorrow. Möchtest du ins Kino gehen? --- Would you like to go to the cinema?

Question 34

MAN

Answer 34

The impersonal (or indefinite) pronoun man corresponds to the English impersonal pronoun “one”, but it is used much more frequently (and it doesn’t sound pretentious like “one” does in English). It is used where in English we use “you” to mean “people in general” (as opposed to “you” referring to a specific person or people) or “everyone”. 1. You’re not allowed to park here. 2. How do you say that in German? 3. You are what you eat. 1. Man darf hier nicht parken. 2. Wie sagt man das auf Deutsch? 3. Man ist, was man isst.

Question 35

reunification

Answer 35

die Wiedervereinigung

Question 36

to mean, signify

Answer 36

bedeuten

Question 37

since

Answer 37

seit

Question 38

had been divided

Answer 38

war ... geteilt

Question 39

Federal Republic of Germany

Answer 39

die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Question 40

German Democratic Republic

Answer 40

die Deutsche Demokratische Republik

Question 41

wall

Answer 41

die Mauer

Question 42

to separate, divide

Answer 42

trennen

Question 43

to believe

Answer 43

glauben

Question 44

to achieve

Answer 44

erreichen

Question 45

to move

Answer 45

umziehen (zieht...um)

Question 46

to be allowed to, may

Answer 46

dürfen

Question 47

to be able to, can

Answer 47

können

Question 48

to like

Answer 48

mögen

Question 49

to have to, must

Answer 49

müssen

Question 50

to be supposed

Answer 50

sollen

Question 51

to want to, intend to

Answer 51

wollen

Question 52

to signify, mean

Answer 52

bedeuten

Question 53

to believe

Answer 53

glauben

Question 54

to become

Answer 54

werden

Question 55

sick, ill

Answer 55

krank

Question 56

no more

Answer 56

nicht mehr