German Made Simple: Learn to Speak and Understand German Quickly and Easily (29 page)

Group V Adds -
S

Verbs

Prepositions—Memorize in the Numbered Order

With Dative Only

With Accusative Only

With Dative (Place Where
);

With Accusative (Place to Which
)

With Genitive Only

Expressions

Exercise 41

Select the words from Column II which best complete the sentences begun in Column I.

Beispiel: (1d) Ich wohne lieber in der Vorstadt als in der Stadt
.

Exercise 42

Make compound nouns of the following pairs of nouns. Translate them. Remember: The gender of the compound noun is that of the last noun in the compound. Thus:
die Hand
+
der Schuh
=
der Handschuh
glove (
lit. handshoe
)

  
1. das Haus
+
die Tür

  
2. die Wand
+
die Uhr

  
3. der Schlaf
+
das Zimmer

  
4. die Bilder
+
das Buch

  
5. der Garten
+
das Haus

  
6. das Deutsch
+
der Lehrer

  
7. die Wörter
+
das Buch

  
8. das Geschäft(s
) +
die Reise

  
9. die Musik
+
das Instrument

10. der Vater
+
das Land

Grammar Review and Practical Exercises

1. NOUN DECLENSIONS

You have learned the forms and uses of four cases of nouns with the definite and indefinite article and
kein
.

To decline a noun with its article means to give all four cases in the singular and plural. This is called a declension, and is a handy method for summarizing and remembering the case forms. Here are the declensions of some familiar nouns.