Read German Made Simple: Learn to Speak and Understand German Quickly and Easily Online
Authors: Ph.d. Arnold Leitner
Tags: #German Language
Exercise 4
Complete the answer to each question by placing the correct form of the definite article (
der, die, das
) before each noun.
1.
Wer ist das? Das ist
_______
Vater
; _______
Schwester
; _______
Lehrer
; _______
Doktor; Onkel; _______ Mutter; _______ Bruder; _______ Mann; _______ Kind; _______ Tante
.
2.
Was ist das? Das ist_______ Schule
; _______
Ball
; _______
Hut
; _______
Butter
; _______
Glas; Wasser; _______ Tee; _______ Kaffee; _______ Klasse; _______ Brot; _______ Schuh; _______ Hut
.
Exercise 5
Complete the following dialogue with the words and expressions from the box.
Guten Tag!—heiße—Robert Clark—Auf Wiedersehen!—Angelika Müller—wie—heißen
Herr Clark Ist Hungrig | Mr. Clark Is Hungry |
| 1. Mr. Clark is hungry. |
| 2. He goes into the kitchen. |
| 3. There is no bread. |
| 4. There is no butter. |
| 5. There is no coffee. |
| 6. Is Mrs. Clark not here? |
| 7. Mrs. Clark comes and says: |
| 8. “Here is a loaf of bread.” |
| 9. “Here is a piece of butter.” |
10. “Hier ist eine Tasse Kaffee.” | 10. “Here is a cup of coffee.” |
11. Nun ist Herr Clark nicht mehr hungrig | 11. Now Mr. Clark is not hungry any more. |
Wortschatz
das Brot
bread
die Butter
butter
der Kaffee
coffee
die Küche
kitchen
der Laib
loaf
das Stück
piece
die Tasse
cup
kommen
to come, to go
sagen
to say
hungrig
hungry
kein
no, not a
nicht
not,
nicht mehr
not … any more
nun
now
Grammar Notes and Practical Exercises
1. THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE
ein
(a, an),
kein
(not a, no)
Compare the forms of
der
with those of
ein
.
Der Ball ist hier. | Die Tür ist offen. | Das Glas ist voll. |
The ball is here. | The door is open. | The glass is full. |
Ein Ball ist hier. | Eine Tür ist offen. | Ein Glas ist voll. |
A ball is here. | A door is open. | A glass is full. |
Grammar Notes and Practical Exercises
Ein
has no ending in the nominative masculine and neuter. In the feminine the ending is
e. Kein
(not a, no) has the same case forms as
ein
.
Kein Ball ist hier. | Keine Tür ist offen. | Kein Glas ist voll. |
No (not a) ball is here. | No (not a) door is open. | No (not a) glass is full. |
Exercise 6
In each sentence substitute the correct form of the indefinite article for the definite article, then, in each sentence, use the proper form of
kein
.
Beispiel
(
bei
-shpeel
): Example:
Das Kind
spielt Ball.
Ein (kein) Kind
spielt Ball.
2. SOME GERMAN VERB ENDINGS
a.
In the infinitive most German verbs end in
-en
. A few end in
-n
. That part of the verb to which the ending is added is called the
stem
.
geh-, komm-, lern-
, etc., are the stems of
gehen, kommen, lernen
, etc.
b.
When the subject is
ich
most German verbs end in
-e
.
c.
When the subject is
er, sie
or
es
; a singular noun;
wer
or
was
—most German verbs end in
-t
.
d.
When the subject is
wir
, all German verbs end in
-en
or
-n
, like the infinitive.
NOTE
: The German verb has no special emphatic or progressive forms. Thus:
ich lerne
= I learn, I do learn, I am learning;
er kauft
= he buys, he is buying, he does buy; etc
Exercise 7
Complete the verb in each sentence with the correct ending.