Week 5/ Woche 5 8. - 12.

Februar 2021

Thema (topic) : Freizeit Freetime: Hobbies

Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to learn how to ….
• Conjugate verb in the Imperative tense
• Construct Yes/No questions and answers with *doch*
• Use the Preposition for place “in”
Imperativ
• The imperative is used for expressing an order and it also exists in
English, its use being the same in both languages. In German, it is
called Befehlsform and the imperative sentence: Aufforderungssatz.

steh auf! trink Wasser! hor auf!

Get up! Drink water! stop!
aufstehen trinken aufhoren
Forming the Imperative
• The conjugation of the imperative is very simple. There is no 1st person or 3rd person form of
the singular. Let's look at an example for the complete conjugation of the imperative with the
verb trinken:

Person Conjugation Meaning

1st person singular Ich (I) ---

2nd person singular du (you) trink drink

3rd person singular Er/sie/es (he/she/it) ---

1st person plural wir (we) trink-en wir let's drink

2nd person plural ihr (you-pl) trink-t drink

Polite form (Sie) sie/Sie (You / They) trink-en Sie drink
Forming the Imperative
du- form du - trinkst - trink

ihr- form ihr - trinkt - trinkt

Sie- form Sie - trinken - Trinken Sie

Person Conjugation Meaning

2nd person du (you) trink drink
singular
1st person plural wir (we) trink-en wir let's drink
2nd person plural ihr (you-pl) trink-t drink
Polite form (Sie) sie/Sie (You / They) trink-en Sie drink
Imperativ

• The imperative can sound very impolite in German. To make a phrase

that sounds more polite, one of the following particles is added:
• Bitte - It means "please“
• Komm bitte! – Come please

• doch mal
It means "let's go" or "come on" in the sense of encouraging your conversation
partner to carry out an action.
• Komm doch mal!
Come on!
Wohin? – Where to?
A
Nom. Akk.
masc. der den
Fem. die die
Neu. das das B
Wohin gehst du/ gehen Sie? Pl. die die

• in den Park C

• in das Kino

• in die Bibliothek D

in + das = ins
• ins Schwimmbad
E
• in die Schule

• in die Kirche F
Construct Yes/No questions and answers with *doch*
• It is very often heard in the German language when it comes to answers to
questions without question words. You can answer a question without a
question word with "yes" or "no" - but also with "yes".

Beispiele (Example)
Hast du ein Auto? – Ja, ich habe ein Auto? Do you have a car? – Yes, I have a car?

Hast du ein Auto? – Nein, ich habe kein Auto? Do you have a car? – No, I don't have a car?
Musst du arbeiten? – Nein, ich muss nicht arbeiten. Do you have to work? No, I don't have to work.
 Construct Yes/No questions and answers with *doch*

• If we agree with the negative question,we mean

that we confirm the negative statement of the
question. Then we say: "NO"
• But if we do not confirm the negative content of
the question,i.e. do not agree,we will take the
adverb "DOCH". This means that we disagree with
the negative statement.