Gender of Nouns Natural gender vs. Grammatical gender • 3 grous of nouns: masculine (der-nouns), neuter (das-nouns), feminine (die-nouns) • The definite articles der, das, die function like the English definite article the • Most nouns referring to males are der- nouns, most nouns referring to females are die-nouns, and most nouns referring to young beings are das-nouns – Der Junge (the boy), but das Mädchen (the girl): nouns ending in –chen are das-nouns
Gender of Nouns
Jan 02, 2016
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Gender of Nouns
Natural gender vs. Grammatical gender• 3 grous of nouns: masculine (der-nouns), neuter
(das-nouns), feminine (die-nouns)• The definite articles der, das, die function like the
English definite article the• Most nouns referring to males are der-nouns, most
nouns referring to females are die-nouns, and most nouns referring to young beings are das-nouns– Der Junge (the boy), but das Mädchen (the girl): nouns
ending in –chen are das-nouns
Genders and Nouns
Masculine NeuterFeminine
der Mann das Kind die Frau
der Computer das Radio die LampeAll nouns in German take the gender of either
masculine, neuter or feminine Capitalize ALL nouns in German ALL THE TIME!
Der Bleistift
Der MP3-Player
Der Computer
Der Fernseher
Der Kugelschreiber (Kuli)
Der Rucksack
Der Stuhl
Der Tisch
Der Schreibtisch
Das Buch
Das Fenster
Die Tür
Die Uhr
Die Landkarte
Die Tafel
Die Tafellappen
Der Marker
Die Lehrerin
Der Lehrer
Der Rechner
Der Radiergummi
Das Lineal
Die CD
Klasse/Klassenzimmer
Partnerarbeit
Tell your partner three things that you have in your book bag and three things that are in the classroom with complete sentences.
Ich habe … in meinem Rucksack.Wir haben… in der Klasse. Ich habe … in diesem Klassenzimmer.
FarbenFarben!
Der Ozean ist blau
Das Gras ist grün
Die Schokolade ist braun
Die Tomate ist rot
Die Banane ist gelb
Der Asphalt ist schwarz
Die Maus ist grau
Das Papier ist weiß
Partnerarbeit
With a partner describe five items each from around the classroom.
Description booklets
We will make booklets with the papers you are given. Please draw ten items from around the classroom and describe their color.
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