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28 Cards in this Set
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Many adjectives without endings can be adverbs The snow fell softly. |
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Der Schnee fiel leise. |
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At least one modifier must show number, gender, case |
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Use a weak adjective ending when...
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Weak: article includes sufficient information about number, gender, case
M F N Pl N e e e en A en e e en D en en en en G en en en en |
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Use a strong adjective ending when...
Chart Genitive ending explanation |
Strong: no der- word or ein-word, or the ein-word gives partial information
x M F N Pl N er e es e A en e es e D em er em en G en er en er Genitive masculine and neuter nouns have (e)s endings, adjectives preceding them don't need to emphasize number and case |
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All adjectives in a series have the same...
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ending
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Adjective stems ending in _ and _ drop the stem e with adjective endings
an expensive car |
Adjective stems ending in -er and -el drop the stem e with adjective endings
ein teures Auto |
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_ drops c with an adjective ending
high mountains |
hoch drops c with an adjective ending
hohe Bergen |
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These four colors and one word don't take endings
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beige, lila, orange, rosa, prima
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_ and _ don't take endings before towns, countries, continents unless it needs an article
Half of Europe all of Turkey |
halb and ganz
Halb Europa die ganze Turkei |
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What do adjectives based on the names of cities and towns do?
Also applies to _ |
add only -er and retain all capitalization
Die Schweiz |
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What kind of noun are the limiting adjectives wenig (little), etwas (some), genug (enough), and viel (much, a lot of) used with?
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singular nouns
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wenig, etwas, genug, viel take endings |
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adjectives following wenig, etwas, genug, viel require strong endings She made a sandwich with some fresh bread. |
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Sie machte ein Sandwich mit etwas frischem Brot. |
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_ is a plural limiting phrase that means "a few, a couple of"
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ein paar
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Do adjectives following "ein paar" need strong or weak endings?
A couple of good friends |
Strong because "ein paar" takes no ending
ein paar gute Freunde |
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Wenige
Andere Einige Mehrere Do they take endings? What do adjectives after them do? Viele |
Wenige-few
Andere-other Einige-some, several Mehrere-several, a number of Viele-many Yes, their endings deendings on the preceding (or absent) article Subsequent adjectives take the same ending |
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In the plural, what do adjectives following all- do and why?
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They take the weak ending -en because all- functions like a der-word in the plural
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When are the endings of all- omitted?
What happens to the articles, possessive pronouns, and adjectives that follow it? Did you see all the strange pictures? He wrote down the names of all his new pupils. All my money is gone! |
When all- precedes an article or possessive adjective
They are unaffected, and adjectives take the normal endings Hast du all die komischen Bilder gesehen? Er die Namen all seiner neuen Schüler aufgeschrieben. All mein Geld ist weg! |
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Ganz- vs all-:
When is whch preferred? |
Ganz- is preferred in the singular but either can be used in the plural
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Adjective suffixes: -ig
Corresponds to... the blood, bloody |
denotes having the quality expressed by the noun stem
Corresponds to English -y das Blut, blutig |
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Adjective suffixes: -lich
Nature, natural child, childlike |
denotes having the quality or appearance expressed by the noun stem
die Natur, natürlich das Kind, kindlich |
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Adjective suffixes: -isch
Corresponds to... Common with (2) child, childish |
denotes having the quality expressed by the noun stem
Corresponds to English cal, ish, or ic Common with nationalities and religions das Kind, kindisch |
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Adjective suffixes:
bar corresponds to... What kind of stems is it added to? to carry, portable/bearable |
corresponds to ful, ible, or able
Often added to nouns or verb stems tragen, tragbar |
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What adjective suffixes are used to create adjectives from nouns for materials likewood, metal, or cloth?
the wood, wooden |
-(e)n/ern
das Holz, hölzern |
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What adjective suffix denotes having the quality or nature of the stem noun and comes from haben?
Virtue, virtuous |
-haft
die Tugend, tugendhaft |
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What does -los express and correspond to?
Power, powerless |
Indicates a complete lac the quality expresse by the stem and corresponds to -less
die Kraft, kraftlos |
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What two adjective suffixes mean "full of" the quality expressed by the stem?
Instruction, instructive Value, valuable |
-reach/-voll
die Lehre, lehrreich der Wert, wertvoll |
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What adjective suffix sometimes corresponds to Endlish -some and normally indicates a tendency to do the action expressed by the verb or noun stem?
to save, thrifty/frugal |
-sam
sparen, sparsam |
