Unit 1: Basics

Objectives

In this unit, in the context of simple sentences that only involve the nominative and accusative cases, you will learn how to:

  • Identify the case, number and gender of nouns, pronouns, definite articles, and indefinite articles.
  • Identify the subject, verb, and object.
  • Decide whether a sentence is a statement, a yes/no question, or a question-word question.
  • Select the appropriate English verb tense to use to translate various German present-tense and simple-past verb tense usages.

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