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Katrin macht Besorgungen—besonders sucht sie neue Schuhe. Sie geht in das Einkaufszentrum. Katrin probiert ein Paar Schuhe an. Included in this vocabulary lesson are the German nouns for various articles of clothing (Lernen 9 above). There are a lot of verbs that have to do with shopping for clothes. The most prominent are listed below. anziehen - to put on (clothes) These verbs are used often, so it is necessary to learn them. Among them are seperable verbs, irregular verbs, and modals. Seperable Verbs Anprobieren, aussehen and anziehen are seperable verbs. It is easy to see this, as they each have a prefix of 'aus' or
'an'. When using the verb as the main verb of a sentence, seperate the prefix and put it at the end of the sentence. When the
verb is in infinitive form, leave it just as you see it. Irregular Verbs Ausehen and nehmen are the two irregular verbs on this list. Both experience a change in the first 'e' in the du-form and
er/sie/es-form. Du siehst ... aus und er/sie/es sieht ... aus. Du nimmst und er/sie/es nimmt. Modals Möchten and wollen are the two modals introduced here. Modals are similar to the helping verbs in English and cause the other
verb to go to the end in the infinitive form. They also have a strange conjugation. Möchten changes in er/sie/es form to möchte
(the same as the ich-form). In fact all modals have the same er/sie/es-form and ich-form. Wollen is like most other modals: it has a different vowel in singular and plural, except when using formal you. Ich will (not
to be confused with future tense), du willst, er/sie/es will, wir wollen, ihr wollt, und sie/Sie wollen. All of this verb conjugation and more can be found in Reference
Table II. You have already learned the pronouns and articles in the nominative case. Now it is time for the accusative
case. You now need more clothes. You drive to a mall and go to the clothing department store. Du suchst zwei Jeans, drei Hemden und einen Gürtel. Du siehst die Jeans und nimmst zwei. Du kaufst jetzt nur die Hemden und
den Gürtel. VERKäUFERIN: Die Gürtel sind da. Du nimmst den Gürtel in Braun, aber er ist billig. Du kaufst zwei. VERKäUFERIN: Noch etwas? Du nimmst ein Hemd in Blau, und zwei in Rot. Du probierst die Hemden, die Jeans, und die Gürtel. Alles passt. DU: Was kosten diese Klamotten? You give the clerk the money and take the clothing home. Remember that in the nominitive case, the articles are der, die, das, and die,
listed in MFNP (masculine,
feminine, neuter, and plural) order. Well, in the accusative case, only
the masculine form changes to den. An easy memory hook is
"Der goes to den and the rest stay the same." The ein-forms undergo the same change. Masculine "ein" goes to "einen" and the rest stay the same. Two easy words describe prices. billig - cheap These adjectives are applied to the products you buy, never to the word "Preis". Anyway, you rather say "Das ist
billig/teuer." (meaning the product you buy) than "Der Preis ist niedrig/hoch." In einem Kaufhaus in der DDR fragt ein Kunde: "Haben sie keine Unterhosen?". Die Verkäuferin antwortet: "Nein, wir haben keine Badehosen. Im zweiten Stock haben wir keine Unterhosen!" |