Christmas: singular and plural nouns
Why this, why now
This unit introduces pupils to 4 rules for forming plural nouns in German and provides opportunities for practice with the use of 'es gibt'. It will also teach pupils how to use plurals with 'sein' 3rd person plural, and 'sie' meaning 'they'. They practise sound-symbol correspondence [ü] and [ä].
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
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Christmas: singular and plural nouns
This unit introduces pupils to 4 rules for forming plural nouns in German and provides opportunities for practice with the use of 'es gibt'. It will also teach pupils how to use plurals with 'sein' 3rd person plural, and 'sie' meaning 'they'. They practise sound-symbol correspondence [ü] and [ä].
8 lessons- Christmas: 'Es gibt' with plurals, the song 'O Tannenbaum'
- Christmas traditions: singular and plural nouns
- What you and others have and what it is like: subject pronoun 'sie' for 'they'
- Christmas: definite article 'die', plurals with umlaut +e, no change -el/-en/-er
- How many? Ask questions and give statements with plural nouns
- Saying what something is like: subject pronouns 'er', 'sie', 'es' for 'it'
- Christmas traditions: 'sein' 3rd person singular and plural, plurals - +(e)n
- Numbers 1-12: plurals adding umlaut + -er