German Skill:Shopping 2

Shopping 2
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Language	German
Skills	156
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Shopping 2 is the sixty-fifth skill in the language tree for German. The skill has five lessons and the subject is common shopping items and how to use adjectives with nouns in German.

Grammar Notes

Adjektivendungen (Adjective Endings)

Up until now, adjectives in German have always been in the predicative (i.e. right after the verb sein), and have always stayed the same:

• Der Hut ist schwarz. = The hat is black.

But if you want to put it in front of the adjective like in English, it is modified slightly. There are two possibilities: if the word that comes before it is of the der type (like dieser and welcher) or of the ein type (like the possessives). Here is the table for the der type:

Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der blaue Hut	die weiße Vase	das grüne Puzzle	die roten T-Shirts
Accusative	den blauen Hut	die weiße Vase	das grüne Puzzle	die roten T-Shirts
Dative	dem blauen Hut	der weißen Vase	dem grünen Puzzle	den roten T-Shirts

And this table is for the ein type:

Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	mein blauer Hut	meine weiße Vase	mein grünes Puzzle	meine roten T-Shirts
Accusative	meinen blauen Hut	meine weiße Vase	mein grünes Puzzle	meine roten T-Shirts
Dative	meinem blauen Hut	meiner weißen Vase	meinem grünen Puzzle	meinen roten T-Shirts

Lessons

Lesson 1

• braun = brown
• die Leder = leather
• der Gürtel = belt
• der Geldbeutel = wallet
• der Vatertag = Father's Day
• rot = red
• hässlich = ugly

Lesson 2

• die Krawatte = tie
• die Aktentasche = suitcase
• die Uhr = watch
• schwarz = black
• der Geschäftsmann = businessman
• gelb = yellow
• scheußlich = horrible
• die Vase = Vase

Lesson 3

• das Notizbuch = notebook
• das Poster = poster
• das Puzzle = puzzle
• groß = big
• klein = small
• toll = great
• das Arbeitszimmer = home office

Lesson 4

• das Rugby = rugby
• die Shorts = shorts
• grün = green
• die T-Shirts = t-shirts
• die Socken = socks
• fit = fit, in shape
• die Turnschuhe = gym shoes

Lesson 5

• riesig = huge
• das Taschengeld = pocket money
• der Becher = mug
• lustig = funny
• passen = to fit
• gekauft = bought

References

Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/de/Shopping-2