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GER 105 -- The Plan |
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Kapitel 4 |
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(page 160) --- 4. 1 Talking about the past: the perfect tense This one is going to
take a lot of work. We have a new concept to conquer and a lot of vocabulary
to review or acquire. Study the discussion carefully. One of the aspects of
this past tense in German is that all of the verbs must have two parts: the
auxiliary and the past participle. We have this same construction in English:
We have spoken, etc. One problem is that
this two-verb construction must be used in German even if we use a
one-word past tense in English. For example, we might also say in English We
spoke. But in German it still has to come out Wir
haben gesprochen
(literally, We have spoken.) A second problem is
that many German verbs will use sein as an
auxiliary instead of haben. Most of the sein verbs indicate a change of location or condition. In
English we would say I have come. In German it is Ich
bin gekommen (literally I am come, not I
have come.) The text provides
meanings and an example of the verbs using sein
as an auxiliary, but it doesn't provide a similar list for those using haben in this section. You will, however, find
some haben verb information at the bottom of
page 162 and a few more sein verbs on page
163. |
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(page 161) --- Übung 1 -- Rosemaries erster Schultag (Rosemarie's
first school day) Fill the blanks with
the appropriate form of haben or sein as the auxiliary verb and figure out what the
sentences mean. The answers are provided below, but I want you to give it a
try first. Übung
1 -- Rosemaries erster Schultag After you have worked
on the exercise, check below for the correct answers. |
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(page 162) --- Übung 2 -- Eine Reise nach Same game. Fill in the
blanks with the proper auxiliary verb and give the meaning of the complete
sentence. Übung
2 -- Eine Reise nach Istanbul Click below to verify
your work. |
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(page 162) --- Übung 3 -- Ein ganz normaler Tag (A totally
normal day) In this exercise the
auxiliary verb is given. You need to put the proper past participles in the
blanks. Then, of course, indicate what everything means. Übung
3 -- Ein ganz normaler Tag Again, verify your
answers. |
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(Seite
140) --- Grammatik 4.1 Tagesablauf (Daily routine) Write the English
equivalent of these German sentences, and then check your translations
against the English sentences below. |
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(Seite
142) --- Situation 3 - Das letzte Mal (the last
time) When did you do the
activities that these questions ask about? Study the expressions in the box
and use them in your answers to these questions. The assignment page will
tell you which expression to use in each sentence. Answers will not be given
for this exercise. |
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(Seite 166) --- 4.5 Past
participles with and without ge- Will it never end?
More and more past participles. Pay particular attention to the
separable-prefix verbs and also the large group of verbs not taking the ge- at the start of the past participle. I won't expect
you to remember all of the new verbs, but I will expect you to know those
used in the exercises. |
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(Seite
168) -- Übung 9 -- Ein schlechter Tag (a bad day) You should be putting
your German to work by figuring out the meaning of new material. Based on the
grammar work that you have done thus far, you should be able to read quite a
bit ... with the aid of a dictionary, of course. Study this story about Herr Thelen and give me your best shot at an English
translation. Feel free to look up anything you need. |
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(Seite
168) --- Übung 10 -- In der Türkei
- Mehmet ist in der Türkei.
What did he do
yesterday? Fill in the blanks with the appropriate auxiliary verb or past
participle, and then write the English equivalent of your sentence. |
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(Seite
169) --- Übung 11 -- Interview On the assignment
page, I have formulated questions and short answers based on the materials in
Übung 11. Write the English equivalent of what you
see in German. |
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(Seite
150) --- Grammatik 4.5 -- Ereignisse Albert is asking Frau
Schulz the events of her day. What is he asking? |
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(Seite
151) --- Grammatik 4.5 -- Ereignisse - 2 Nora is asking Albert
about the events of his day. What is she asking? |
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(Seite
151) --- Situation 12 – Informationsspiel : Das Wochenende der Nachbarn |
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(Seiten
151-152) --- Situation 13 -- Interview: Gestern (mit Antworten) Write the English
equivalent of the questions from the text and the answers I have created. |
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(Seite
152) --- Situation 14 -- Erinnerungen: Ein indiskretes interview Write the English
equivalent of the questions. |
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(Seiten 164 - 166) --- Dates
and ordinal numbers and Prepositions of time Study the ordinal
numbers and how they are used to express dates. This section will be a good
review of the numbers you have already studies. Study the prepositions
of time and review the vocabulary for the days of the week and the months. |
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(Seite
165) --- Übung 6 -- Wichtige
Daten (important dates) Give the English
equivalent of the questions and then write appropriate answers in German.
Write the ordinals as words, not as numbers. If you don't know the exact
dates, pick a date that would be fairly close. Notice that I have added a few
questions to your exercise. |
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(Seite
166) --- Übung 7 -- Melanies
Geburtstag Complete the sentences
with um, am, or im or nothing, and write the
English equivalent of the sentence. |
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English pages The Party |
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German pages Das Fest |
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English pages |
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German pages |