I used to live there, but I wasn’t really living? Did I exist? Did you? Does anyone?

Deutsch 1 (or is it?)Herr Reierstad (or so he says)

3. Feb. 2014 (how do you REALLY know?)

Das Gedicht…..• Sad poem?

Was machen die Leute?

Was machen die Leute?

Was machen die Leute?

Was machen die Leute?

Was machen die Leute?

Karten!!!!

Right about now,

• Your German teacher should be breaking out the derdiedas boards….

Right about now,

• You should be getting your quizzes back…….

Wichtige Frage #1:

•How do you talk about your past abodes?

• How can you tell whether a verb is weak (ends in –t in the past tense), or if it’s strong (ends in –en in the past tense)? How did I say you could tell?

Stark oder schwach?

That’s right, Jörg!

• If the verb ends in -d or –ed in the English past tense, it’s likely to be weak in German:– I played Tennis.– Ich habe Tennis

gespielt.

• If it doesn’t end in –d or –ed, and/or its stem vowel changes from the present tense, it’s likely to be strong in German:– I swam today.– Ich bin heute

geschwommen.

Which brings us to “wohnen:”• I live in Prague.– Ich wohne in Prag.

• I lived in Prague..– Ich habe in Prag gewohnt.

Machmer das zusammen…

• Where did you live?• Wo hast du gewohnt?• I lived in a van down by the river.• Ich habe in einem Lkw am Fluss gewohnt.• Did you live in Nuremberg, Herr Von

Bunkenbunken?• Haben Sie in Nürnberg gewohnt, Herr Von

Bunkenbunken?

And the 3 lines ain’t goin’ away nohow, neither,……

• 1st line: der die das die (subj./Nominative)

• 2nd line: den die das die (dir. obj./Accusative)

• 3rd line: dem der dem den (ind. obj./Dative)

So……

……why do we say “auf dem Land,” “in der Stadt,” usw.?

Die Antwort

The following prepositions are called “Wechselpraepositionen” (2-way prepositions) in German.You need to copy them, by the way; they aren’t on the Study Guide, but I might add them….You should feel privileged; this was previously late German 2/early German 3. Your comrades in German 2 don’t know these yet!

an- at, toauf- on, tohinter- behindin- in, toneben- next toüber- over, aboutvor- before, in

front ofzwischen- between

2-way? Don’t shoot the messenger!

• These are called “2-way” because they use either the 2nd or 3rd line, based on how they are used. It’s actually similar to “haben” vs. “sein” verbs:– sein: when there is motion from A-B or toward a

particular goal:• Ich bin zur Schule gekommen.

– haben: when there is no motion• Ich habe das Buch gelesen.

Similarly,….

• when your verb involves motion, your preposition’s object will be on the 2nd line:

–Ich gehe in die Stadt.(It’s “die Stadt,” but “die” stays the same on the second line).

Aber……

• When your verb isn’t a motion verb, the preposition’s object falls to the 3rd line:

–Ich bin in der Stadt.(“die” becomes “der” on the 3rd line).

Speaking of stuff on the bubble,….

• Students often learn the following verbs with 2-way prepositions.

• I’m still debating whether or not they’ll be fyi or ott…..

• liegen- to lie• legen-to lay• sitzen- to sit• setzen- to set,

place (horizontal)

• stehen- to stand• stellen- to stand,

place (vertical)

Je mehr ich spreche,

• desto verwirrter seid ihr.

• Ich habe jetzt ein Arbeitsblatt fuer euch.

• Macht das, dann sprechen wir.

Hausaufgabe:• I will now return your

long-awaited midterm writing/grammar tests. Your homework is to make corrections and return them to me on Montag. This is optional, but highly recommended.

Aren’t you done throwing stuff at us?

• Fast! This is something you don’t have to do, but you need to understand it when you see it.

• Occasionally, German has it’s contractions.– Instead of “in das,” you can say “ins:”• Ich gehe jetzt ins Haus. (in das Haus)

– Instead of “in dem,” you can say im:• Er sitzt im Wohnzimmer. (in dem Wohnzimmer)• Das Fahrrad ist im Keller. (in dem Keller)