German/Lesson 15

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Vokabeln
er gefällt ihr             She likes him (he pleases her, literally) Kröpcke               The name of Hanover's biggest subway station. U-Bahn                subway die größte             greatest (feminine here) die Station               the station aussteigen              getting off (a train, investment etc.) täglich                    daily betreten          to enter Hunderte             hundreds diese                    female form of "this" der Schüler, die Schüler(pl) "pupil" (British engl.) der Student                 student der Angestellte             Clerk der Rentner, die Rentner(pl) pensioner studieren                   to study im Moment                   currently ledig                       a person not having a partner gehen                       to go Rolltreppe                   escalator die Stufe                   stair fahren                      to drive (often specializing from engl. to travel towards) währenddessen               "during this" schauen                     look ihre                        her (form for female possessions of a female person) verlassen                   to leave verlassen                   Partizip Perfekt von "verlassen" eine andere                 another (feminine object) bereits                     already der Fahrgast                passenger die Fahrgäste               passengers (pl) aufstehen                   to stand up aufgestanden                 Partizip Perfekt von "aufstehen" ausgestiegen                Partizip Perfekt von "aussteigen" die Ebene                   level/plateau weitergehen                 to go on sie geht weiter              she goes on das Sonnenlicht              sunlight die Richtung                direction Richtung Sonnenlicht        towards sunlight die Passarelle              passage way führen                      lead Hauptbahnhof                central station (in most German cities this is in the city centre) Richtung Hauptbahnhof       in direction of the central station links                       left rechts                      right locken                      tempt (not to confuse with "die Locken" = locks, curls!!) das Schaufenster            display window die Schaufenster            plural of "das Schaufenster" das Geschäft                the shop die Geschäfte               the shops der Geschäfte               of the shops nach einer Weile            After a while erreichen                   reach erreicht                    Partizip Perfekt von erreichen die zum Hauptbahnhof führt  that leads to the central station

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(The plural article is always "die".)German

Grammatik
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Most adjectives are stand-alone words; however, present and past participles can also be used as adjectives. Numbers are also adjectives, though they do not decline.

Adjectives may be either predicate or attributive. Predicate adjectives are adjectives connected to a noun through a verb known as a copula. Those verbs in German are sein (to be), werden (to become), and bleiben (to remain). Other verbs, such as machen and lassen impart a predicate adjective onto an accusative object. Predicate adjectives are never inflected. Adverbs based on adjectives (remember last lesson)are one of the simplest parts of German grammar. Any adjective can be used as an adverb simply by placing its uninflected form within the sentence, usually towards the end. The examples below can describe both of Adjectives and Adverbs. Ich bin noch schuler. (I am still student .) Trotz des Streites bleiben wir "freunde". (Despite the argument we remain friends.) Ich werde "früh". (I am getting happy.) Die alte Milch wird dich krank machen. (The old milk will make you sick.)

.Now try to translate the following sentences into English according to what you've learned about Adjectives and Adverbs :
 * 1) Lukas wird faul
 * 2) wir bleiben freunde für einen 12 jahren.


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