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Please
remember you can stop doing any given exercise when
you think you don't need any more practice with it.
(Though you should do at least a few questions for each
exercise that's assigned)
Übung D: For a blind date, you
may say "du" or "Sie"; it depends on the situation
Übung L: This exercise practices
the accusative: the things that we "haben" or "nicht
haben" are the objects of the verb "haben" and so in
the accusative. For neuter, feminine and plural
nouns, that makes no difference to the form, but for
masculine nouns, it means using "einEN" and "keinEN"
Remember in general for any verb except "sein"
(and "heißen" and one or two others we'll see later):
--the person or thing doing the action is in the nominative
(==>der/das/die/die) and the verb agrees with him/her/it
in its ending. It is called the "subject" of the
verb.
--the person or thing "being verbed" is normally in
the accusative (==> den/das/die/die) and is called the
"direct object" of the verb.
Übung O : The model uses "normal"
time, but "military" time is of course fine too.
Übung P : If you have a class
at 1, that's "um ein Uhr"; NICHT "um eins Uhr."
Übung W (the essay=der Aufsatz):
You should normally stick to "du" consistently, and
never switch back and forth between "du" and "Sie."
The "du" form is irregular for a number of simple verbs
(like "sprechen"), as we'll see in Kapitel 3, but don't
worry too much about this for now. A couple of forms that may be useful for this activity: fahren [=to drive] ==> du fährst, er/sie fährt; essen ==> du isst, er/sie isst; lesen ==> du liest, er/sie liest; sehen ==> du siehst, er/sie sieht; sprechen ==> du sprichst, er/sie spricht. |