German 2B: Assignment for 10/20/14: Kapitel 12

Continue to work on workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 12.

Thema 2, p. 354.  Read and study.  and write answers 1-8

Akt. 5, p. 355.  Listen and fill in blanks

Additional question:  Was ist dir in der Wohnung wichtig/unwichtig?  Welcher Wohnungstyp ist dir am liebsten?  

Akt. 6 will be done in class. 

Akt. 7, p. 356

Schritt 1 and Schritt 2 (to share with a classmate) 

Thema 3: (the rest of Thea 3 will be asigned for 10/27)

Only C, p. 357.  Familiarize yourself with the vocabulary and match the term to the definition.  

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 363

Read carefully and study: The Present Subjunctive II, p. 363.  The PSII is based on the simple past forms that you learned in Kapitel 10, so review if you think that will be helpful.

Note that you already know one subjunctive form:  möchte. Remember that the subjunctive mood is used to express polite requests, convey wishful thinking (in English: if only I had studied more!) and express things that are contrary-to-fact.                          

Page 364: Übung 6.  Write answers

                Übung 7: rewrite statements/questions

                Übung 8: Prepare statements 1-8

Reread the "Use of würde with an infinitive," p. 365 if still unclear from last week and bring questions to class, if any.   

Read:  Expressing Wishes .., p. 368 and write 5 of your own sentences expressing a wish in a hypothetical situation

For example: Wenn ich nur wüsste, ob es heute regnet.  Dann würde ich meinen Regenschirm mitbringen.

Read: The Present Subjunctive II: strong and weak verbs, p. 366.  BONUS FACT: for weak verbs, the PSII is identical (except the 3rd person sing ending) to the simple past tense, if you know one, you know the other!  Note that, for most of these forms, you will encounter these mainly in writing, but a few common verbs such as: Gehen, kommen, fahren, and bleiben are still used.  Otherwise, strong verbs are being replaced by würde + infinitive.  

Übung 10, p. 367.  Write answers that give “die Tatsache” of the contrary to fact statements. 

Übung 11.  Write answers.  Be sure to check the simple past form of the strong verbs.  See the note on page 366. 

Read Sprach-Info, p. 368

Übung 12: write answers to the 4 situations pictured: 1) write a sentence describing the situation and then 2) write what you would do in that situation. 

Read Talking about Contrary-to-Fact Conditions, p. 369

Übung 13, write 4 sentences per the example (add one noun  to the list)

Übung 14.  Write your own good advice for each “Problem” and make up one of your own with some advice.  Be prepared to do this as an in-class activity. 

Go here for some extra subjunctive practice. 

Click here to check your understanding of what is subjunctive and what is indicative.  

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 368 and be prepared to discuss the two questions. (Note: this will be the Kulture topic on the test, so don't miss it!)

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Test topics: Kapitel 12

Study for test, Kap. 12.  Use "Das kann ich nun" as a guideline, p. 377

Topics covered: 

Listening section re: Haushalt/Monatliche Ausgaben

Fill in blank with "Wohnung" related vocabulary 

Rewriting sentences in a more polite way

"wenn" + würde + infinitive 

da and wo compounds

reading passage

Schreiben:

Renovieren. Wenn Sie $5 000 bekämen, um Ihr Zimmer, Ihre Wohnung oder Ihr Haus zu renovieren, was würden Sie machen? Was würden Sie kaufen? Schreiben Sie 60–70 Wörter darüber. Benutzen Sie dabei den Konjunktiv (subjunctive). (20 Punkte)

Kultur questions based on one of the Landes-kunde info segments assigned