1. Lexical content/topics First contact: greetings, presentation, affirmation and negation. Name, country of origin, place of residence. Information about the person: age, hobbies, profession. Family, friends, work colleagues, classmates. Maps and getting around cities, reserving a hotel. The city, buildings, shops, means of transportation. Free-time activities. Customs and preferences (food and activities). Dates and get-togethers. In a bar: ordering and paying. At the market: buying food. Food and drinks. A party in German class. Daily activities. Time, parts of the day, days of the week, months and seasons. Last weekend: activities. An interview about work and studies. Holidays: a trip, places, activities before and after travelling, hotel. A day trip: preparations and the route. |
2. Grammar Nouns: gender, plurals, article declination: nominative, accusative and dative; compound nouns (most common composition models and derivations). Determinates: determinate articles, der, das, die (nominative, accusative, dative); indeterminate article ein, eine (nominative, accusative, dative); possessive article: dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, Ihr (nominative); quantifiers: viel, sehr; cardinal numbers. Pronouns: personal pronouns in the nominative and accusative; dative of the 1st and 2nd person singular; interrogative pronouns: wer, was, wo, wohin, woher, warum, wann, wie, wie viel, wie lange, wie spät, wie alt, wen; impersonal pronoun: man. Verbs: regular verbs in the present and past (pret. perfect); irregular verbs (with changes in vowel) in the present and past (pret. perfect); the verb "wissen" in the present and past (pret. perfect); the auxiliary verbs haben and sein and the past (pret. perfect and pret. imperfect); modal verbs: mögen, müssen, wollen, können, dürfen (present, basic meanings); verbs with prefixes in the present and past (pret. perfect); verbs with the dative: schmecken in the present and past (pret. perfect). Prepositions according to rection: prepositions with dative: aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu; prepositions with accusative: bis, für, ohne, gegen, um; according to function: place (aus, bei, in, an, auf de tiempo: nach, seit, um, in, an, vor); direction (nach, zu); expression (ins Kino, ans Meer). Adverbs: frequency (immer, oft, meistens, manchmal, selten, nie); place (links, rechts, oben, unten, hier, da, dort); time (heute, morgen, gestern, jetzt, später, bald, früher - de orden: zuerst, dann, danach, zum Schluss); manner (sehr, gern, fast); adverb phrases: nächste Woche, nächsten Monat, nächstes Jahr etc.; cause (deshalb). Conjunctions: coordinate conjunctions: und, oder, aber, sondern, denn. Sentences: affirmative statements; verb position; inversion; negation; complete question; partial question.
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