German by Christy Chan https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130 Year 1 en-us 2019-11-14 11:46:47 UTC 2025-12-05 22:34:27 UTC hello@padlet.com pronunciation christy1130 https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/422943479 http://joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/pronounce/
I have learnt the pronunciation of alphabet in German. Besides those 26 letters, there are 4 more special letters; ä ö ü are the umlaut; ß is ligature.

There is a particular pronunciation of letters I found interested in, letter y in german is pronounced as 'opsclon'. The reason I gave special notice on it is because there is also a letter y contained in my name. ]]> 2019-12-11 19:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/422943479 numbers christy1130 https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423300240 https://www.fluentin3months.com/german-numbers/
I have learnt 0-20 during class last week, and how to write and pronounced numbers like 45 this week. I found that the range of pronouncing it is different with English. In German, it said the single digit and then ten digit, so for 54 is 'four and fifty' instead of fifty-four. Only the last 2 digits is affected, numbers more than 2 digits the range before the last 2 digits are not affected. Interesting:)]]> 2019-12-12 15:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423300240 family members christy1130 https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423307877 http://www.deutschseite.de/vokabeln/familienmitglieder/familienmitglieder.html

Verwandtschaft
(relations)
Deutsch | Englisch
Bruder (der) | ¨ | brother
Cousin (der) | ¨ +s | cousin (male)
Cousine (die) | +n | cousin (female)
Enkel (der) | no | grandson
Enkelin (die) | +nen | granddaughter
Frau / Ehefrau (die) | +en | wife
Großmutter / Oma (die) | ¨ / +s | grandmother
Großvater / Opa (der) | ¨ / +s | grandfather
Neffe (der) | +n | nephew
Nichte (die) | +n | niece
Mann / Ehemann (der) | ¨, +er | husband
Mutter (die) | ¨ | mother
Onkel (der) | +s | uncle
Schwager (der) | same | brother-in-law
Schwägerin (die) | +nen | sister-in-law
Schwester (die) | +n | sister
Schwiegereltern (die) | no | parents-in-law
Schwiegermutter (die) | ¨ | mother-in-law
Schwiegersohn (der) | ¨, +e | son-in-law
Schwiegertochter (die) | ¨ | daughter-in-law
Schwiegervater (der) | ¨ | father-in-law
Sohn (der) | ¨, +e | son
Tante (die) | ¨ +n | aunt
Tochter (die) | ¨ | daughter
Vater (die) | ¨ | father | weitere Begriffe
(further terms)
Deutsch | Englisch
Eltern (die) | no | parents
Enkelkind (das) | +er | grandchild
Freund (der) | +e | male friend / boyfriend
Freundin (die) | +nen | female friend / girlfriend
Geschwister (die) | no | brothers and sisters
Großeltern (die) | no | grandparents
Halbbruder (der) | ¨ (2nd) | half brother
Halbschwester (die) | +n | half sister
Kind (das) | +er | child
Stiefmutter (die) | ¨ | stepmother
Stiefsohn (der) | ¨, +e | stepson
Stieftochter (die) | ¨ | stepdaughter
Stiefvater (der) | ¨ | stepfather
Verlobte (die) | same | fiancé
Verlobte (der) | same | fiancée
verwandt | related

This week lessons taught about the family members and so I found some vocabularies which may be useful to enhance the understanding in German lessons.


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I found a website extremely useful for revising . It provides vocabularies in different categories with exercises included. Hopefully it can help me to understand more depth to German.
 
Essen: Obst und Gemüse
(food: fruit and vegetables)
Deutsch | Englisch
Ananas (die) | same | pineapple
Apfel (der) | ¨ | apple
Banane (die) | +n | banana
Birne (die) | +n | pear
Bohne (die) | +n | bean
Erbse (die) | +n | pea
Erdbeere (die) | +n | strawberry
Erdnuss (die) | ¨ +e | peanut
Gemüse (das) | no | vegetables
Kartoffel (die) | +n | potato
Kirsche (die) | +n | cherry
Kokosnuss (die) | ¨ (3rd) +e | coconut
Möhre (die) | +n | carrot
Obst (das) | no | fruit
Orange (die) | +n | orange
Paprikaschote (die) | +n | sweet paprika
Pilz (der) | +e | mushroom
Salat (der) | +e | salad
Tomate (die) | +n | tomato
Weintraube (die) | +n | grape
Zitrone (die) | +n | lemon
Zwiebel (die) | +n | onion | Essen: gemischt
(food: mixed)
Deutsch | Englisch
Brot (das) | +e | bread
Brötchen (das) | same | bread roll
Butter (die) | no | butter
Ei (das) | +er | egg
Eis (das) | no | ice cream
Fisch (der) | +e | fish
Fleisch (das) | no | meat
Hähnchen (das) | same | chicken
Käse (der) | same | cheese
Kuchen (der) | same | cake / pie
Marmelade (die) | +n | jam
Nudel (die) | +n | noodle
Pizza (die) | Pizzen | pizza
Pommes frites (die) | no | french fries
Reis (der) | +e | rice
Schokolade (die) | +n | chocolate
Schinken (der) | same | ham
Suppe (die) | +n | soup
Toast (der) | +s | toast
Wurst (die) | ¨ +e | sausage

Essen: Zutaten
(food: ingredients)
Deutsch | Englisch
Essig (der) | +e | vinegar
Pfeffer (der) | same | pepper
Ketchup (der) | +s | ketchup
Knoblauch (der) | +e | garlic
Mehl (das) | +e | flour
Öl (das) | +e | oil
Salz (das) | +e | salt
Senf (der) | +e | mustard
Zucker (der) | same | suggar
Zwiebel (die) | +n | onion | Getränke
(drinks)
Deutsch | Englisch
Bier (das) | +e | beer
Cola (die) | +s | cola
Kaffee (der) | +s | coffee
Kakao (der) | +s | hot chocolate
Limonade (die) | +n | lemonade
Milch (die) | no | milk
Saft (der) | ¨ +e | juice
Tee (der) | +s | tea
Wein (der) | +e | wine
Wasser (das) | same | water |  

Some food is not countable or the plural form exists but is hardly used.
To make these things countable (maybe you need 2 or more of them) use the following container and units:
Gefäße und Einheiten
(container and units)
Deutsch | Englisch | use in conection with:
Dose (die) | +n | can | Bohnen, Erbsen, Ananas, ...
Flasche (die) | +n | bottle | Bier, Milch, Cola, ...
Glas (das) | ¨ +er | glass | Bier, Milch, Marmelade, ...
Bund (das) | +e | bunch | Zwiebeln, Knoblauch, Möhren, ...
Packung (die) | +en | pack | Saft, Milch, Eis, ...
Sack (der) | ¨ +e | sack | Kartoffeln, Reis, Erdnüsse, ...
Scheibe (die) | +n | slice | Brot, Wurst, Toast, ...
Stück (das) | +e | piece | Zucker, Butter, Käse, Fleisch ...
Tasse (die) | +n | cup | Kaffee, Milch, Kakao, ...
Tüte (die) | +n | bag | Nudeln, Mehl, Suppe, ...
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This youtube channel provides different materials for learning German. I like the style of short video with suitable amount of vocabularies provided, not too much or too less. This week lessons taught about hobbies.

1. Fußall
2. das Tennis
3. der Basketball
4. das Golf
5. das Tischtennis

Also learnt about the difference between das, der and die. 

Der is for maskulin.
(-en, -ig, -ling, -or, -us, -er)
das is for neutrum.
(-chem, -lein, -ment, -um, -tum, Ge-)
die is for feminin, can also for plural.
(-e, -auz, -ei, -enz, -ie, -ik, -ion, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ung, -ur)]]> 2019-12-12 15:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423315082 directions christy1130 https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423380346 2019-12-12 16:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423380346 christy1130 https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423382071 --> rechts
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der--ein--kein
das--ein--kein
die--eine--keine
die--/--keine

ein: a
kein: no/not

gehen: walk
fahren: drive



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This website provide German grammar notes in Chinese, with English. I found it is easier for me to understand the basic grammatical structure in German in my first language.  ]]> 2019-12-12 17:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423406029 informal writing christy1130 https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423414286 Through the submission of essential homework 2, writing an informal writing to a friend, I found some notes and examples on how to write a good piece of writing.  The following notes included shows different examples of how to write the introduction, closing and greetings.

Begrüßung/Anrede (salutation)
It is interested to see there are different ways for salutation as a start of a letter, not just using Liebe (Dear). ]]> 2019-12-12 17:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/christy1130/christy1130/wish/423414286