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• Das war die älteste Flöte der Welt– ältest = ??– Welt = ??
• Sie ist etwa 40 000 Jahre alt• Sie wurde in einer Höhle (cave) im
Südwesten von Deutschland gefunden– wurde gefunden = was found
The German Ending System
Maskul. Femin. Neutr. Plural
Nominativ R E S EGenitiv S R S RDativ
M R M NAkkusativ N E S E
The German Ending System
Maskul. Femin. Neutr. Plural
Nominativ R E S E
Genitiv S R S R
Dativ M R M N
Akkusativ N E S E
„Colorful“ German
• An artificial, simplified form of German that is making German grammar easier to comprehend
• What is a verb, a subject, a direct object, and an indirect object?
„Colorful“ German
• Action: Verb• Actor: Subject• Helplessly passive: direct
object• Passively receiving:
indirect object
„Colorful“ German
• An artificial form of German making German grammar hopefully much easier
• Übung # 1. Partnerarbeit. Only A)
„Colorful“ German
• An artificial form of German making German grammar hopefully much easier
• Übung # 1. Partnerarbeit. Only A)
Verb SubjectDirect Object
Indirect Object
1) is giving Joe the ringthe future
wife
2) am buying I new tires my car
„Colorful“ German
• An artificial form of German making German grammar hopefully much easier
• Übung # 1. Partnerarbeit
• B) • Before the verb is the subject
• After the verb is the direct object
• A preposition (to or for) introduces the indirect object
• English uses word order and prepositions for indicating who does what to whom
„Colorful“ German
• Colorful German uses colors to indicate who does what to whom• Red indicates the subject, i.e., the actor
• Blue indicates the direct object, i.e., the helplessly passive
• Green indicates the indirect object, i.e., the passively receiving
• Übung # 2: Partnerarbeit.
„Colorful“ German
Subject Direct Object Indirect Object
1) Mann Frau Blumen kauft
2) Mann Frau Blumen kauft
3) Blumen Mann Frau kauft
4) Blumen Frau Mann kauft
5) Frau Blumen Mann kauft
6) kauft Frau Mann Blumen
7) Mann Frau kauft Blumen
„Colorful“ German
1. The man is buying flowers for the woman.
2. The woman is buying flowers for the man.
3. The woman is buying flowers for the man
4. The man is buying flowers for the woman.
5. The woman is buying flowers for the man
6. The man is buying flowers for the woman.
7. The woman is buying flowers for the man
„Colorful“ German
• Colorful German gives you amazing freedom in respect to word order
