Dienstag, den 23. März

Die Lernziele

Let’s learn about plurals in German

What does plural mean?

• Plural means more than 1

• Zum Beispiel

• Ein Ei aber zwei Eier!

Also lernen wir, dass es gibt kein S mit “Plurals” auf deutsch!

• Ein Hund • Zwei Hunds X

• Zwei Hünde

So what do you add to Hund to make it plural?

Osterwörter

• Hase• Ei• Korb• Kirche• Jagd• Familie• Mahlzeit• Karte• Blume• Kind

1. Hare

2. Egg

3. Basket

4. Church

5. hunt

6. Family

7. Meal

8. Card

9. Flower

10.Child

How do I find out what letters you add to the word to make it

plural?

Gucken wir auf dem Wörterbuch

Wie sieht es aus?

• Haus das; -es, Häuser house, buildingHaus n -es, -¨er house, buildingHaus nt -es, Häuser house, building

• Film der; -(e)s, -e film, movieFilm m -(e)s, -e film, movie

Osterwörter

• Hase• Ei• Korb• Kirche• Jagd• Familie• Mahlzeit• Karte• Blume• Kind

1. Hare

2. Egg

3. Basket

4. Church

5. hunt

6. Family

7. Meal

8. Card

9. Flower

10.Child

I’ll look in the dictionary then!

Are there any patterns?• Plural patterns• According to the Duden Grammatik, two basic rules apply to approximately

85% of noun plurals in German:

• 1. Masculine and neuter nouns form their plural with -e or have no ending. If the end syllable of the word contains an -e (either -e or -e + consonant), no -e is added in the plural form.

• 2. Masculine nouns that end in -e and feminine nouns form their plural with -en. If the end syllable of the word contains an -e (either -e or -e + consonant), the -en is shortened to -n. Two additional rules allow plural forms to be predicted with even higher accuracy:

• 3. Words ending in an unstressed syllable made up of a vowel or diphthong take the plural form -s.4. Nouns that end in -e or -e + consonant will not have an -er plural form.

What advice would you give to year 7?