Assignment 26

Write out an answer to each of the following questions. Answer as indicated by the cues.

Beispiel: Wohin fliegst du? Köln Ich fliege nach Köln

Wie lange bleibst du? Zwei Wochen

 

Was machst du in Köln? / Freunde besuchen

 

Bleibst du in Deutschland, oder fliegst du

weiter? / Österreich

 

Ist die Maschine besetzt? / Voll

 

Besuchst du nur Freunde: / auch Verandte

 

For each of the following nouns write the singular and plural forms, including the definite articles

noun

singular + definite article

plural + definite article

Kamera

   

Film

   

Adressbuch

   

Pass

   

Reisescheck

   

Flugticket

   

Reiseführer

   

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The definite article, nominative and accusative case

 

1.The definite articles der, die, and das are used with nouns in the nominative case. The

following noun phrases are the subject of the sentence. The subject of a sentence is

always in the nominative case.

Nominative

 

Der Kuli

Die Kamera

Das Poster

ist weg

Die Kassetten

sind weg

2.When noun phrases such as the ones above are use das the direct object of a verb, they

must be in the accusative case.

 

Accusative

Ich brauche

den Kuli

die Kamera

das Poster

die Kassetten

3.When you compare the nominative forms of the difinite article with the accusative forms,

you will notice that only the masculine form der is different.

Write that you need the following items

Flugticket

Ja, ich brauche das Flugticker

Pass?

 

Kamera?

 

Filme?

 

Film?

 

Adressbuch?

 

Reiseführer

 

Wörterbuch?

 

Walkman?

 

Reiseschecks?

 

Geld?