Kapitel 4Alles für die Schule

Lernziel: Formation of Plural

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There are five basic plural endings , , , and

In the plural all nouns take the article .There is really no rule for the formation of nouns.

DIEdefinite

plural

-- -e -er -en -s

• most and nouns ending in , and

• but some nouns take the

•Beispiel: der Vater

masculine neuter-el -en -er

masculine Umlaut

die Väter

• a lot of syllabule and . nouns

• some nouns take an

• Beispiel: das Jahr

der Stuhl

one masculineneuter

masculine Umlaut

die Jahre

die Stühle

many syllable nouns take an when possible

Beispiel: das Buch

one neuterUmlaut

die Bücher

• most nouns take no

Beispiel: die Stunde

feminine Umlaut

die Stunden

• many words

• especially ending in vowels or take a plural ending

foreign

those -a -o-s

Even so there are patterns, there are some words which do not follow the pattern, so the rules will help us, but we need to ___________ the plural.

Fill in the table

memorize

Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural

Nominative Der Die Das die

http://www.babelnation.com/german/courses/01_07_4.htmlhttp://www.vistawide.com/german/german_practice_activities1-1.htm - Assignment # 4

Auf der Tafel:

•Schreibe ein singular Nomen (noun) next to its plural form. •You must write at least one. •No repeats•Use only nouns you have had in CLASS - 5 minuten•Hint: look around the room& in your notes!

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Partner schreiben

-Write to your pen pal about your school (with a partner.. Real or made up)

Must use at least 5 plural nouns!