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Storytelling: imperfect tense

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Why this, why now

This unit introduces the imperfect (simple past) tense of regular and highly frequent irregular verbs in singular persons.Da- compounds are revisited along with the perfect tense and the historic present in the narration of a story.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
  • Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 14 / 15

Storytelling: imperfect tense

This unit introduces the imperfect (simple past) tense of regular and highly frequent irregular verbs in singular persons.Da- compounds are revisited along with the perfect tense and the historic present in the narration of a story.

3 lessons
  1. Fairy tales and poetry: da- and wo- compounds, imperfect
  2. Der Rattenfänger: understanding a Grimm brothers' fairy tale, imperfect tense
  3. Fairy tales: diminutives, singular imperfect tense