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 GerGermanGrammarPodcastsGerman Grammar for Chagrin Falls High School German StudentsPublished: Mon, 31 May 2010 23:32:00 +0000 Last Build Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:27:54 +0000 Copyright: 2006-2010
My Chagrin Falls Memorial Day Speech 2010 Mon, 31 May 2010 23:32:00 +0000 This is no grammar podcast but it is the speech which I prepared for Memorial Day 2010 in Chagrin Falls. Although we managed to get in most of the Memorial Day festivities, my speech was rained out or "thundered out." I guess I shouldn't feel too bad as President Obama's speech in Chicago was also rained out. The topic of my speech was "We are Chagrin! We are America!" In the speech I give thanks to the American GI's who helped my family and me at the conclusion of World War 2 and who by putting us in contact with American Methodist missionaries helped us come to America. In my speech I also honor the eleven graduates from Chagrin Falls High School who made the ultimate sacrifice. I promised the people in attendance at the cemetery that I would make this podcast. To those who are wondering why I haven't been making any grammar podcast I promise you that I will start making them again soon. I am teaching my last German class at Chagrin this year and it is my plan to put together an online German course, which if you are a serious German student I am certain that you will like...
Cheatsheet 2 for Writing Simple Sentences Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:06:00 +0000 "Das Maedchen bringt dem Lehrer den Apfel. Dem Lehrer bringt das Maedchen den Apfel. Den Apfel bringt das Maedchen dem Lehrer." What do the three sentences have in common? They all mean "The girl brings the teacher the apple." How is this possible? Listen to this podcast as the teacher tries to explain why and how.
Cheatsheet 1 for Writing Simple Sentences Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:12:00 +0000 The purpose of this podcast was to create a cheatsheet which would help students write better simple German sentences. There were three objectives: To help students form simple sentences consisting of a subject, a verb, an indirect object and a direct object. To convince students to accept that subjects in German are always in the nominative case, indirect objects in the dative case, and direct objects in the accusative case. To motivate students to memorize the definite and indefinite articles of der, die, das, die in the nominative, dative and accusative cases.
The Six Active Voice Tenses Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:43:00 +0000 This podcast is about tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is not a lecture but an exercise podcast. Students will hear the three principal parts of sixteen verbs and their perfect infinitives. They will then hear the verb in one of the tenses and be asked to transform it into another tense. The teacher will provide the correct answers.
The 3 Perfect Tenses Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:13:00 +0000 The teacher explains how to form the present, past, and future perfect tenses using the perfect infinitive. Yes, he also explains what is meant by perfect infinitive.
The Future and Future Perfect Tenses Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:19:00 +0000 The future tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN SPIELEN - WE WILL PLAY, WIR WERDEN GEHEN - WE WILL GO The future perfect tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PERFECT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN GESPIELT HABEN - WE WILL HAVE PLAYED, WIR WERDEN GEGANGEN SEIN - WE WILL HAVE GONE What is a PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE? It is the infinitive that we learned in Level 1 German, just with a fancier name. What is a PERFECT ACTIVE INFINITIVE? TO HAVE PLAYED - GESPIELT HABEN and TO HAVE GONE - GEGANGEN SEIN are examples of perfect infinitives. They consist of the helping verb TO HAVE - HABEN or SEIN and a PAST PARTICIPLE. Listen to the podcast if you need or want a more detailed explanation!
More SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLE Combinations Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:37:00 +0000 The teacher explores two uses of SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLES in this podcast episode. He discusses SEIN as a mainverb and linking verb together with a PAST PARTICIPLE that is used as a predicate adjective. He discusses the SEIN or statal passive voice. The main purpose of this podcast is to help students become HABEN and SEIN experts.
HABEN and SEIN? Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:45:00 +0000 The students know when to conjugate verbs with "haben" and when with "sein" in the present and past perfect tenses, active voice, indicative mood. They are confused, however, when they see or hear what they perceive to be "haben-verbs" used with "sein" and "sein-verbs" used with "haben." Why are they confused? What confuses them? The teacher tries to explain some of the reasons in this podcast.
Sein Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:59:00 +0000 The teacher makes recommendations to help students determine when to use the helping verb "sein" in forming the indicative mood, active voice, present and past perfect tenses in German.
How to say "to" in German Thu, 24 May 2007 03:53:00 +0000 This episode is about the English preposition to and its German equivalents zu, nach, in, an and auf. Determining which preposition to use can be confusing, but it need not be, if we remember the teacher's eleven hints for selecting the right German preposition for to.
Haben Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:55:00 +0000 Many German students at all levels continue to struggle selecting the proper helping verb for the present perfect and the past perfect tenses. Is it HABEN or is it SEIN? Listen to this presentation as the teacher explains when HABEN is used to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses!
LIEGEN or LEGEN? Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:58:00 +0000
Indirect Speech and Subjunctive One Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:53:00 +0000 The teacher tries to clarify why we use the subjunctive 1 in indirect speech and also why we sometimes use the subjunctive 2 or alternate subjunctive instead.
Overview of the Subjunctive Mood Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:37:00 +0000 Many students who study German as a second language experience difficulties when they learn the subjunctive mood. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast all students will gain a better understanding what subjunctive mood is, how it is formed, and when it is used. (Please credit Lang-Kleefeld, Antonia, Zweifelsfaelle: Deutsch leicht gemacht, Buch und Zeit Verlagsgesellschaft, mbH, Koeln, 1995, for the organization of this podcast.)
Commands and Requests Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:46:00 +0000 People like to give orders, but not receive them. This podcast is about commands and the imperative mood. Students will review how to form the du, ihr, Sie and Wir-Imperatives, and also hear and learn about alternative ways of making requests.
Uses of LASSEN Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:25:00 +0000 This podcast about the various uses of LASSEN is dedicated to Sgt. Mike Kashkush, US Marine Corps, a former Chagrin Falls High School German student, who recently was KIA in Iraq. Semper Fi, Mike, die, die Dich gekannt haben, werden Dich niemals vergessen!
Wo-Compounds as Relative Pronouns Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:41:00 +0000 You do remember that WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as interrogatives or question words, yes? Well, they can also be used as relative pronouns. In this podcast the teacher tries to explain when and under what circumstances WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as relative pronouns.
Random Grammar Review 1 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:52:00 +0000 It is time for a random review. Included in this review are parts of speech and cases, relative pronouns and subordinating conjunctions, unpreceded adjectives, wo-compounds as question words, and verb tenses in both the active and passive voice.
The Relative Pronoun WAS Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:21:00 +0000 We know that WAS is a question word. However, WAS can also be a relative pronoun. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast episode how WAS can be used as a relative pronoun.
WERDEN Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:34:00 +0000 In this podcast the teacher explains the role of the helping verb WERDEN in forming tenses, voice and mood of the different verbs in German.
Dass and Ob Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:47:00 +0000 DASS and OB are subordinating conjunctions. DASS means THAT in English and OB means IF. Simple, yes? If it is so simple, why do so many of my students make mistakes when they use them? I do not know, but I hope that my explanations in this podcast will help them to make those mistakes less frequently.
Dass or das? Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:57:00 +0000 Is it dass, or is it das? Is it a conjunction, or is it a relative pronoun? If you have trouble distinguishing between the two, listen to the explanations in this podcast and maybe, just maybe, your troubles are over.
Question Word or Relative Pronoun? Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:59:00 +0000 When is Whose a question word and when is it a relative pronoun? The teacher uses the following sentences in his explanation - Wessen Geld gibst du aus? Mit wessen Geld hast du das Auto gekauft? Ich moechte wissen, wessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich kenne den Mann, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Ich spreche mit dem Maedchen, dessen Geld du ausgegeben hast. Die Frau, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast, ist meine Mutter. Hier kommen die Leute, deren Geld du ausgegeben hast.
Possession and the Genitive Case Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:54:00 +0000 In this podcast the teacher reviews the subjects, indirect objects and direct objects in simple sentences. He also explains how the genitive case can be used to establish possessive relationships. The four sample sentences contain only nouns with definite articles and there are separate sentences for masculine, neuter, feminine, and plural nouns.
Participles as Adverbs Fri, 04 Aug 2006 03:46:00 +0000 Present and past participles can be used as adjectives, however, they can also be used as adverbs. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast how present and past participles can be used as adverbs and he uses the following sentences in his explanations: Ich habe ein Buch geschenkt bekommen. Der Hund kam bellend angelaufen. Der Lehrer stand lächelnd und verwirrt vor seinen Schülern.
Adverbs Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:40:00 +0000 This podcast is about adverbs and what they are and how they are different from adjectives.
Agent Nouns Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:35:00 +0000 Do you know what Spieler, Lehrer, Trainer and Arbeiter have in common? Do you know what agent nouns are? If not, then listen to this podcast because you owe it to yourself to find out.
Adjectives2 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:42:00 +0000 Present and past participles can be used as adjectives. In this podcast the teacher explains what present and past participles are and how they can be used as unpreceded and preceded adjectives.
Wer? Wessen? Wem? Wen? Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:32:00 +0000 Wer, wessen, wem, and wen are interrogative pronouns. Do you know what interrogative pronouns are? If not, then listen to this podcast and find out...
Adjective Endings 1 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:46:00 +0000 Adjectives and adjective endings? Complicated? No! Listen to the teacher as he explains predicate and unpreceded and preceded adjectives!
Ein Words Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:52:00 +0000 Kein and all the possessive adjectives are EinWords. What does that mean? Listen to the teacher explain!
DerWords Mon, 22 May 2006 03:51:00 +0000 Dieser, jeder, jener, welcher, and solche and manche are DerWords. Listen to this podcasts as the teacher tries to explain the significance of learning all DerWords together.
Four Types of Pronouns Mon, 22 May 2006 00:18:00 +0000 Can you tell the difference between personal, reflexive, demonstrative, and relative pronouns? If you cannot, then listen and maybe you will be able to.
Da, Weil, Denn Wed, 03 May 2006 12:12:00 +0000 Da and weil are subordinating conjunctions and denn is a coordinating conjunction. The purpose of this podcast is to explain when to use one over the others, and then how to use them correctly.
Als Wenn Wann Mon, 01 May 2006 11:55:00 +0000 Als, wenn, or wann? All three can mean when in English, but there is a problem, they are not interchangeable in German.
Modals in the Present Tense Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:25:00 +0000 Modals? What are modals? Listen to this podcast for my level one students and find out!
Intro to Subordinating Conjunctions Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:59:00 +0000 What are subordinating conjunctions? Listen to this podcast to obtain a general overview of subordinating conjunctions. Specific subordinating conjunctions will be discussed in other podcasts.
Linking Verbs Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:27:00 +0000 Sein, heissen, and werden are very common German linking verbs! It is hoped that after listening to this podcast, my students will never again use the dative or accusative cases after a linking verb.
DaCompounds Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:53:00 +0000 What are daCompounds? Find out what they are by listening to this podcast and by doing the exercises on the Chagrin Falls High School German webpage on Blackboard.com!
Coordinating Conjunctions Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:40:00 +0000 What are the most common coordinating conjunctions? How are they used? Listen and find out!
Tenses in the Passive Voice Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:43:00 +0000 This podcast is the first of three podcasts dealing with the different tenses in the passive voice. How do you form the passive voice? The teacher tries to explain how...
Double Infinitives in the Present and Past Perfect Tenses Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:09:00 +0000 You do not always need "haben" or "sein" and a past participle to form the present and past perfect tenses. You can use the double infinitive construction. How? The teacher explains how in this podcast.
Relative Pronouns 1 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:17:00 +0000 In this podcast the teacher discusses relative pronouns that are the subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects of their relative clauses.
Indirect Objects in a Simple Sentence Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:39:00 +0000 This podcast treats indirect objects in a simple sentence. The subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects in all examples are nouns. The verbs are in the indicative mood, active voice, present tense.
The Indefinite Article "ein" in the Nominative and Accusative Cases Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:50:00 +0000 In this podcast the teacher reviews the indefinite article ein in the nominative and accusative cases.
Tenses in the Active Voice Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:29:00 +0000 This podcast is about verb tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is intended for Chagrin Falls High School German students as supplementary material.
Direct Objects in a Simple Sentence Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:18:00 +0000 Find out here, what a direct object is and what case it takes! This podcast is mainly for German 1 students...
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