Day 1 (12th February 2024)
Syllabus
Books: Netzwerk Neu A1
Audio: Klett Augmented app
Introduction
Hallo // Hello
Wie heißen Sie? // What is your name?
Iche Heiße (name). // My name is (name).
Wo wohnen Sie? // Where do you live?
Ich wohnen in Karachi. // I live in Karachi.
Woher kommen Sie? // Where do you come from?
Ich komme aus Pakistan. // I come from Pakistan.
Time of day
Guten Morgen // Good morning.
Guten Tag // Good day.
Guten Abend // Good evening.
Gute Nacht // Good night. Informal, only used for friends and family.
Germany uses 24 hour clock, not AM/PM.
Die Tagezeiten
Die Uhrzeit
Die Begrußung
Der Morgen (morning)
04-10
Guten Morgen
Der Vormittag (late morning)
10-12
Der Mittag (midday)
12
Der Nachmittag (afternoon)
12-16
Der Abend (evening)
16-22
Guten Abend
Die Nacht
22-04
Gute Nacht
Guten Tag
Alphabets and pronounciation
Combined alphabets pronounciation
Sp…/ St… / Sh… - If a German word starts with these then S makes the Shh sound for e.g:
Stadt (City) - Shhtadt,
…ig - If a German word ends with “ig” then it makes the Ish sound for e.g:
Name pronunciation
When asked to spell your name, spell your last name first, followed by your first name.
When spelling you are expected to properly pronounce your name using German letters. For
e.g when spelling out “Fateh” it would be F(f), A(aa), T(tay), E(ay), H(haa)
DO NOT write the sounds of each letter you hear when writing down a name that is spelt out
to you by a peer, write the letter corresponding to the sound directly.
Die Vokale // Vowels
A - aa
E - ay
I - ee
O-o
U - ooh
Umlaut alphabets and pronunciation
Ä - Ae
Ö - eO
Ü - eUU
ß - SS
Day 2 (13th February 2024)
Vocabulary
Ganz: pretty e.g. Ganz gut means pretty good
Sehr: very e.g. Sehr gut means very good
Entschuldigung - Excuse me / Sorry
Bis bald: See you soon
Frau - Used in formal conversation with females “Wo wohnen Sie Frau Merkel?” / In
reference to one’s wife “Meine Frau.” / In reference to a woman if used objectively “Die Frau
kommt aus Deutschland.”
Er - he
Sie - She, check verb conjugation in a sentence to differentiate between formal Sie and she.
Welche Sprachen sprechen Sie?: Which languages do you speak?
New questions/statements and responses (Formell und
Informell)
Wie geht es Ihnen? - Formal mode of asking someone “How are you?”
Gut, Danke. Und Ihnen?
Wie geht’s? - Informal mode of asking someone “How are you?”
Es geht danke, und dir?
Wer sind Sie? - “Who are you?” (Formal)
Ich bin …
Wer bist du? - “Who are you?” (Informal)
Ich bin …
Topic Covered from Kursbuck:
Page 10 - 2a
Page 11 - 3a
Page 12
Exercises covered from Übungsbuch
Page 6 - 2b
Page 7 - 2c, 3a
Page 8 - 3e
Page 9 - 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d
Page10 - 4e, 5a, 5d
Verb conjugation
Verbal exercise
Practice introducing another person, keeping in mind: their gender, formal/informal speech,
second/third person.
E.g: Ich heiße … ich komme aus … und ich wohne in …
E.g: er/sie heißt … er/sie kommt aus … er/sie
Day 3 (14th February 2024)
New Vocab
Sprachen - Languages
Topics covered from Kursbuch:
Page 13 (dreizehn) Page 15 (fünfzehn) -
Exercises covered from Übungsbuch
Page 11 (elf) - 5e
Page 12 (zwölf) - 6d, 6e
Complete pronouns list with some verb conjugations for
Chapter 1
New Verbs
Machen - To do / To make
Joggen - To jog
Schreibe - To write
Trinke - To drink
Gehe - To go
Reise - To travel
Lerne - To Study
Sprechen - To Speak
Counting - Zahlen
Null - 0
Eins - 1
Zwei - 2
Drei - 3
Vier - 4
Fünf - 5
Sechs - 6
Sieben - 7
Acht - 8
Neun - 9
Zehn - 10
Elf - 11
Zwölf - 12
W Fragen - Questions starting with W words
Note: The verb is always placed in the second position of these questions.
e.g : Wie, Wer, Wo, Was, Woher …
Wie heißen Sie? / Woher kommen Sie? / Was machst du? / Wie ist Ihre Handynummer?
Aussagesatz - Statements
Note: Verb is also placed in second position here.
E.g: Ich komme aus Pakistan / Ich spreche Urdu / Ich lerne Deutsch
Day 4 (15th February 2024)
NOTE: All nouns in German are always capitalized.
NOTE: In any statement or question, the time of a particular event always comes first
E.g: Können Sie am Samstag kommen? / Ich mache morgen eine Party.
Important Vocab (often repeats)
Machen (Verb) - To make / To do
Ergänzen (Verb) - To fill out / To complete / To add
Ordnen (Verb) - To re-arrange
Passen (Verb) - To fit / To match
Schreiben (Verb) - To write
Lesen (Verb) - To read
Hören (Verb) - To hear
Seite Nummer (Noun) - Page number
Die Aufgabe (Noun) - The task / The assignment
Die Übung (Noun) - The exercise / The practice
Fertig (Adjective) - Completed / Done
Noch einmal (Phrase) - Once more
Alles klar (Phrase) - All clear
Verstanden (Verb) - To understand
Das Thema (Noun) - The topic / subject
Bitte - Please
Ja / nein - Yes / No
Kapitel Zwei (Chapter Two), Kursbuch, page 18
a (adverb) - Means gladly and indicates that you like to do something
E.g: Ich schwimme gern / Ich koche gern / Ich lese gern
Nicht (adverb) - Indicates negation, that you don’t do something, or if used as nicht gern
means you don't like to do something
E.g: Ich koche nicht (I don’t cook) , Ich koche nicht gern (I don’t like to cook)
Übungsbuch
Exercises 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c, 5b, 5c, 5d
Ja / Nein Frage (Yes / No questions)
Structure : Question always starts with a conjugated verb. Answer always starts with Ja /
Nein
E.g: Schreibst du gern? / Schwimmt er gern? / Wandert sie gern?
Answers: Nein ich schreibe nicht gern / Ja er schwimmt gern / Ja sie wandert gern
Seasons, Months and Days
Day 5 (16th February 2024)
Nouns and their genders
NOTE: Each German noun has its own gender. When remembering a noun, remember its
article too so you know its gender.
Nouns are either masculine, feminine, neutral or plural. Plural ALWAYS has the “Die” article.
Noun examples with their articles
New Vocabulary
Arbeiten - To work.
Der Beruf - Profession
Die Arbeit - Work
Die Tätigkeit - Occupation
Questions related to work, profession, free time etc.
Zahlen ab zwölf (Counting from twelve onwards)
Dreizehn - 13
Vierzehn - 14
Fünfzehn - 15
Sechzehn - 16
Siebzehn - 17
Achtzehn - 18
Neunzehn - 19
Zwanzig - 20
Zahlen ab zwanzig (Counting from twenty onwards)
Day 6 (19th February 2024)
Kapitel Zwei und Drei
Professions with masculine and female conjugations / Die
Berufe mit maskulin und feminin
Exercises covered
Übungsbuch: Kapitel Zwei - 8a, 9a, 9d, 12a, 12b, 12c
Kapitel Drei Kursbuch: Kapitel Zwei - 13a, 14a, 14b, 14c,
Kapitel Drei - 1a, 1b, 2a,
Day 7 (20th February 2024)
Kapitel Drei
Definite/Indefinite Articles - Bestimmter/Unbestimmter Artikel
NOTE: The definite (bestimmter) article for each noun MUST be memorized along with the
noun. The definite article governs the conjugation of the indefinite (unbestimmter) article
E.g:
Die Katze (The cat), Das ist eine Katze (That/This is a cat)
Die Straße (The street), Das ist meine Straße (That/This is my street)
Der Zug (The Train), Das ist mein Zug (That/This is my train)
Der Fluss (The river), Das ist ein Fluss (That/This is a river)
NOTE: Plurals only ever use definite(bestimmter) article and this is always “die”.
Negation (v. important)
NOTE: On Day 4 we covered negation using “nicht” today we learned “kein”. Kein is used
when negating a noun, saying that something isn't so.
“Kein” is also an article so it does change from “kein” to “keine” based on the gender of the
noun as shown below.
Exercises covered
Kursbuch: 2a, 2b, 2c, 4a, 4b, 4c, 6a, 6b, 6c
Übungsbuch: 4a, 4b, 4c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g
Day 8 (21st February 2024)
Kapitel Drei
Directions
Links - To the left
Rechts - To the right
Geradeaus - Straight ahead
The general rule is: Gehen Sie … / und dann …
Gehen Sie translates to “Go” it is used as an imperative, essentially a way of directing
someone to go a particular direction.
Und dann - and then
Using the above structure, an example of directing someone could be: Gehen Sie rechts und
dann links
Exercises covered
Kursbuch Kapitel Drei: 7a, 7b, 8
Übungsbuch Kapitel Drei: 8a, 8b, 8c,
Imperative (Imperativ)
Imperative in grammar is a statement which acts as an instruction or order to someone.
They always start with verbs.
Examples…
Exam related exercise for “Hören”
Übungsbuch page 43
Exam related exercise for “Sprechen”
In the speaking exams first part you will be expected to introduce yourself based on the
questions below on the right so be familiar with what your answers are going to be.
Furthermore, the examiner can ask you to spell your name, street, postcode etc.
Day 9 (22nd February 2024)
Content covered
Übungsbuch: 2a, 2b, 3a, 3c, 3d, 4a, 4b
Kursbuch:
Frühstück, Mittagessen, Abendessen, Beispiele.
Akusativ case (v. important)
The akusativ case applies to objects in a sentence. Objects are identified by answering two
questions: who/what is receiving an action(verb) in a sentence
It results in a different conjugation for the definite and indefinite article related to masculine
nouns only.
Akusativ verbs are verbs that always require an object.
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Personal Pronouns
Singular personal pronouns
Nominativ
Akusativ
Ich - I
Mich - me
Du - you
Dich - you
Er - he
Ihn - him
Sie - she
Sie - her
Es - it
Es - it
Plural personal pronouns
Nominativ
Akusativ
Wir - we
Uns - us
Ihr - you
Euch - you
Sie - they
Sie - them
Nominativ verbs are verbs that always require a subject.
Day 10 (23rd February 2024)
Content covered, Kapitel Vier
Kursbuch: 6a, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9a
Übungsbuch: 6b, 6c, 6d, 8a, 9a, 9b
Irregular verbs
Sentence structure
Note: Sentences must always start with either the time or the subject, verbs will always be in
second position.
Day 11 (24th February 2024)
Time
Day 12 (25th February 2024)
Day 13 (26th February 2024)
Day 14 (27th February 2024)
Modalverben
A modal verb is a type of auxiliary verb that “modifies” or gives more information about the
function of the main verb that follows.
In a sentence the modal verb takes second position and is conjugated with respect to the
subject whereas the main verb stays in infinitive form and is ALWAYS at the end of that
sentence
Examples: Können wir zusammen Essen und Getränke kaufen? /
“Können” is the modal verb, conjugated with respect to “wir” and “kaufen” is the main verb
written in its infinitive form.
Temporal Prepositions
Akusativ
Possessive Pronouns recall
Nominativ
ich
Mein (Masculine noun) - der
Meine (Feminine noun) - die
Mein (Neutral Noun) - das
Meine (Plural noun) - die
du
dein
deine
dein
deine
er
sein
seine
sein
seine
sie
ihr
ihre
ihr
ihre
es
sein
seine
sein
seine
Akusativ
ich
Meinen (masculine noun) - den
du
deinen
er
seinen
sie
ihren
es
seinen
Day 15 (28th February)
Exercises covered
Kursbuch Kapitel 5: 11 c, 12
Übungsbuch Kapitel 6: 1 a, 2 b, 2 c, 3 b, 4 a, 4 b,
Dates and birth dates (Datum und Geburtsdatum)
Note: In German dates are written as dd.mm, slashes are not used. In some cases people
may say dates differently.
For e.g the date 04.01 may be said as “Am vierten Ersten” or “Am vierten Januar”
Day 16 (29th February)