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A1 Lecture 3

Key Learning
The possessive pronouns will (for now) take two endings depending on the
gender they are related to. We use for example meine for feminine and plural
forms and mein without ending for masculine and neuter.

Das ist mein Bruder und meine Schwester. (This is my brother and my sister.)
Ist das dein Bruder und deine Schwester? (Is this your brother and your sister?)
Ist das Ihr Bruder und Ihre Schwester? (Is this your brother and your sister?)
Unsere Kinder und unser Hund sind noch klein. (Our children and our dog are
still young.)

Haben (to have) and Sein (to be) are the most important verbs. Especially sein is
very irregular. But you will use it a lot and get used to the forms.

Ich bin Ingenieur. (I'm an engineer.)


Was bist du von Beruf? (What do you do for living?)
Er ist Arzt. (He is a doctor.)
Wir sind in Berlin. (We are in Berlin.)
Seid ihr auch in Berlin? (Are you in Berlin, too?)
Sie sind nicht in Berlin. (They are not in Berlin.)

Ich habe einen Bruder. (I have a brother.)


Hast du einen Bruder? (Do you have a brother?)
Er hat auch eine Schwester. (He has a sister as well.)
Dann haben wir beide einen Bruder. (So both of you have a brother.)
Habt ihr auch einen? (Do you have one, as well?)
Sie haben keine Geschwister. (They don't have siblings.)

Most of the German verbs are regular. They have also regular endings.

Ich mache einen Salat. (I do a salad.)


Machst du auch einen? (Do you do one as well?)
Er macht Kaffee. (He does coffee.)
Wir machen eine Party. (We make a Party.)
Macht ihr auch eine? (Do you do one as well?)

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Sie machen heute nichts. (They don't do anything today.)

Sometimes we add or cut off a letter of the ending just to sound better.

Er arbeitt. → Er arbeitet. (He works.)


Du heißst. → Du heißt (You are called)

We don't don't have the “do you” to make questions. We will just start with the
verb if we ask a yes/no question.

Lebst du in Deutschland? (Do you live in Germany?)

If we want to say where we live we will use the preposition in (in). If we want
to say from where we are from we use aus (from).

Ich lebe in Spanien. (I live in Spain.)


Ich komme aus Spanien. (I come from Spain.)

If we are going to somewhere we use the preposition zum/zur. Zum for


masculine and neuter and zur for femenine.

Ich gehe zur Arbeit und danach zum Sport. (I go to work and after it to do sport.)

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