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German 112 -- Final
Final -- GERM 112 -- Spring '10
22
Language - German
Undergraduate 1
05/07/2010

Additional Language - German Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Subjuntive II (Present)
Definition

  würde + infinitive 

 

Ich würde lesen

- I would read

Term
Models for Subjunctive II Present
Definition

·         rfen à dürfte (like the simple past but with an umlaut)

·         sollen à sollte ( no umlaut)

Term
Sujunctive II (Past Perfect)
Definition

§  tte/wäre  +  past participle

·         Wenn Mozart länger gelebt hätte, würde wir mehr Sinfonien von ihm haben

¨       If Mozart had lived longer, we would have more of his Symphonies 

Term
Models in Past Perfect Subjunctive
Definition

-        tte + past participle

 

Ihre Mutter hätte das nicht gewollt

- Her mother wouldn't have wanted that

 

Ich hätte das machen sollen

- I should have done that

 

Term
I wish we had more time
Definition

 

§  ich wünschte, wir hätten mehr Zeit

 

Term
Could you please help me -- Would it be possible...
Definition

§  Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?  --- Wäre es möglich...

Term
He acts as if he were the president
Definition

§  Er tut, als ob er die Präsident wäre

Term
Future
Definition

werden + infinitive

 

Ich werde lesen -- I will read

er wird lesen -- He will read

Term
Simple Past of Models 
Definition

sollen --> sollte

rfen --> durfte  

Term
Subjunctive I (Present)
Definition

put the sub I stem on the present verb

-e

-est

-e

-en

-et

-en

Basically you will only use the 'er' form -- this is easily recognizable because it will look like the ich form 

 

Sein

ich sei

du seiest

er sei

wir seien

ihr seiet

sie seien

Term
Subjunctive I (Past)
Definition

habe/sei + past participle

 

the aux verb in sub I and the past part

 

er sei gestern nicht da gewesen

He said he wasn't here yesterday

 

er sei nie ein Todesser gewesen

He said he was never a death eater

 

Term
Subjunctive I indirect commands
Definition

Use a form of sollen or müssen

 

Er sagte, wir sollten ihm glauben

- He said, we should believe him 

 

Der Butler sagte, Herr Ill sollte vortreten

The Butler said, Mr. Ill should step forward

 

Term
Passive (Present)
Definition

werden + past participle 

 

Deutsch wird gelernt

German is being learned

Term
Passive (simple past) 
Definition

wurde + past participle

 

Deutsch wurde gelernt

German was being learned

Term
Passive (Past Perfect)
Definition

past perfect form + worden

 

Deutsch ist gelernt worden

German was being learned

Term
Passive (Future)
Definition

werden (conj)+ past participle + werden (unconj)

 

Deutsch wird gelernt werden

German will be learned

 

 

Term
comparative and superlative
Definition

comp

-er

 

super

-(e)st

am...-sten 

 

Term
Plusquamperfekt 
Definition

simple past of haben or sein + past participle 

(denotes an action which took place before another action)

 

Als ich aufstanden, hatte er schon gegessen

- When I got up, he had already eaten

Term
comparing things --- than
Definition

als

 

Das Hund ist intellegenter als das Kind

the dog is more intelligent than the child

Term
the bigger the better
Definition

Je größer desto besser 


Term
reletive pronouns
Definition

the reletive pronoun is in the case of the clause it is in

Ist das der Mann, den Hanna so cool findet?

 

for the pl dat and and the genetives, there are different pronouns

pl dat -- denen

gen -- dessen and deren 

whose

(just add an -en to the reg pronoun)

Term
Indefinite Relative Pronoun 
Definition
was
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