Weekend is the fifty-fourth skill in the language tree for German. It teaches the present perfect tense (another past tense) while discussing some fun weekend activities, and it has five lessons.
Grammar Notes[]
The present perfect tense is the most common past tense in German. Most people use it for all verbs except a handful - like sein, haben and können which we've learned in the simple past already.
To make it, you conjugate the present tense of haben or sein and add a past participle at the end of the sentence. All of the present perfect in this skill uses haben; we'll see ones with sein later. All regular past participles - and all of the past participles in this skill are regular! - are the stem (non -(e)n part) plus ge- at the beginning and -(e)t at the end:
- Ich spiele mit meiner Katze -> Ich habe mit meiner Katze gespielt. (ge-spiel-t)
- Tanzen sie im Supermarkt? -> Haben sie im Supermarkt getanzt? (ge-tanz-t)
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- ziemlich = quite, fairly
- die Beine = legs
- wehtun = to hurt
- die Wiese = field
- der Sportverein = sport club
- waren = were
- gespielt = played
Lesson 2[]
- die Burger = burgers
- die Zwiebeln = onions
- die Pilze = mushrooms
- gegrillt = grilled
- der Grill = grill
- am Samstagabend = on Saturday evening
- der Vegetarier = vegetarian (m.)
- die Vegetarierin = vegetarian (f.)
Lesson 3[]
- ganz = totally
- Spaß haben = to have fun
- sagen = to say
- hatten = had
- tanzen = to dance
- getanzt = danced
- das Fest = festival
Lesson 4[]
- die Rollschuhe = roller skates
- der Flohmarkt = flea market
- der Bierkrug = beer glass
- der Mantel = coat
- voll = full, crowded
- kaufen = to buy
- gekauft = bought
- kosten = to cost
- gekostet = cost
Lesson 5[]
- die Schürze = apron
- der Gurkensalat = cucumber salad
- der Kartoffelsalat = potato salad
- bei = at (someone's) place
- kochen = to cook
- gekocht = cooked
- gemacht = made/done
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/de/Weekend
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