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Gender of Nouns Natural gender vs. Grammatical gender 3 grous of nouns: masculine (der-nouns), neuter (das-nouns), feminine (die-nouns) • The definite articles der, das, die function like the English definite article the • Most nouns referring to males are der- nouns, most nouns referring to females are die-nouns, and most nouns referring to young beings are das-nouns – Der Junge (the boy), but das Mädchen (the girl): nouns ending in –chen are das-nouns

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Gender of Nouns

Natural gender vs. Grammatical gender• 3 grous of nouns: masculine (der-nouns), neuter

(das-nouns), feminine (die-nouns)• The definite articles der, das, die function like the

English definite article the• Most nouns referring to males are der-nouns, most

nouns referring to females are die-nouns, and most nouns referring to young beings are das-nouns– Der Junge (the boy), but das Mädchen (the girl): nouns

ending in –chen are das-nouns

Genders and Nouns

Masculine NeuterFeminine

der Mann das Kind die Frau

der Computer das Radio die LampeAll nouns in German take the gender of either

masculine, neuter or feminine Capitalize ALL nouns in German ALL THE TIME!

Der Bleistift

Der MP3-Player

Der Computer

Der Fernseher

Der Kugelschreiber (Kuli)

Der Rucksack

Der Stuhl

Der Tisch

Der Schreibtisch

Das Buch

Das Fenster

Die Tür

Die Uhr

Die Landkarte

Die Tafel

Die Tafellappen

Der Marker

Die Lehrerin

Der Lehrer

Der Rechner

Der Radiergummi

Das Lineal

Die CD

Klasse/Klassenzimmer

Partnerarbeit

Tell your partner three things that you have in your book bag and three things that are in the classroom with complete sentences.

Ich habe … in meinem Rucksack.Wir haben… in der Klasse. Ich habe … in diesem Klassenzimmer.

FarbenFarben!

Der Ozean ist blau

Das Gras ist grün

Die Schokolade ist braun

Die Tomate ist rot

Die Banane ist gelb

Der Asphalt ist schwarz

Die Maus ist grau

Das Papier ist weiß

Partnerarbeit

With a partner describe five items each from around the classroom.

Description booklets

We will make booklets with the papers you are given. Please draw ten items from around the classroom and describe their color.