objects. For more information when to use accusative, dative, or genitive prepositions go to: http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/nouns/accfunc.htm http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/nouns/datfunc.htm http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/nouns/genfunc.htm Gender There are three gender forms in German: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Der, die, das = definite article “the” Mein, meine, mein = indefinite article “a, an” Masculine Feminine Neuter People der die das Objects der die das Possessives mein meine mein Adjectives mein meine mein Taken from: http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/?svr=www http://www.germanlanguageguide.com/german/grammar/auxiliary-verb.asp http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/LERC/courses/489/worldlang/german/frame_1.htm Greenfield, E.V. (1964). New York: Barnes and Nobles. An Outline of German Grammar. 26 Common English Pronunciation Errors made by German Speakers Information taken from http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/l1german.html ENGLISH COMMON FIX PROBLEM - - SOUND ERROR Tip of tongue behind top teeth. /d/ "made" /t/ "mate" Tongue low & back. Jaws /ɔ:/ "nought" /ɒ/ "not" together. Long. Fix tongue in central position. /ɜ:/ "bird" Long. Weak endings: e.g. "London" /ə/ "the" "England" (schwa) Tongue moves from front /eɪ/ "late" /e/ "let" centre to front high. From low front vowel to lips /aʊ/ "cow" tightly rounded. Tongue central. Then tightly /əʊ/ "bone" /ɔ:/ "born" round lips.
objects. For more information when to use accusative, dative, or genitive prepositions go to: http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/nouns/accfunc.htm http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/nouns/datfunc.htm http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/nouns/genfunc.htm Gender There are three gender forms in German: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Der, die, das = definite article “the” Mein, meine, mein = indefinite article “a, an” Masculine Feminine Neuter People der die das Objects der die das Possessives mein meine mein Adjectives mein meine mein Taken from: http://web.wm.edu/modlang/gasmit/grammar/?svr=www http://www.germanlanguageguide.com/german/grammar/auxiliary-verb.asp http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/LERC/courses/489/worldlang/german/frame_1.htm Greenfield, E.V. (1964). An Outline of German Grammar. New York: Barnes and Nobles. 26 Common English Pronunciation Errors made by German Speakers Information taken from http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/l1german.html FIX PROBLEM ENGLISH SOUND - COMMON ERROR - Tip of tongue behind top teeth. /d/ "made" /t/ "mate" Tongue low & back. Jaws together. Long. /ɔ:/ "nought" /ɒ/ "not" Fix tongue in central position. Long. /ɜ:/ "bird" Weak endings: e.g. "London" "England" /ə/ "the" (schwa) Tongue moves from front centre to front high. /eɪ/ "late" /e/ "let" From low front vowel to lips tightly rounded. /aʊ/ "cow" Tongue central. Then tightly round lips. /əʊ/ "bone" /ɔ:/ "born"
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