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Learn German with SpeedyConKiwi! #7: NOMINATIV – first case – plus bonus questions!
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today we’re talking about the first case in German grammar, the nominative (der Nominativ)
In order to know when to use the nominative for a noun in a sentence, you’ll have to ask the following questions:
“What is that? (Was ist das?)” or
“Who is that? (Wer ist das?)”
If the noun in a sentence is the answer to one of those two questions, you’ll know you have to use the nominative form of it.
Examples used here:
“Das ist ein Apfel. (This is an apple)” and
“Das ist Kiwi. (This is Kiwi)”
who? – wer?
what? – was?
der Apfel – the apple
ein Apfel – an apple
The next three learn german videos will be about the three other cases of German grammar:
- Genitiv
- Dativ
- Akkusativ
I’ll provide you with more explanatory questions that will help you to figure out what case to use for what noun in a sentence (and yes, unfortunately those other three cases will be even more difficult to explain and understand).
I hope this was helpful!
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Duration : 0:4:49
German Lessons by Kati – Pronouns
Learn how to write and say the pronouns (I, we, you, he, she, it, they) from native German speaker, Kati.
For more video lessons, visit: http://www.germankati.com
Duration : 0:1:57
Nina Hagen – Arrival in Rio – Rock in Rio 1985
Nina Hagen Arrival in Rio for ROCK IN RIO 1985
A European tour with a new band in 1980 was cancelled, and Nina turned to the New World. A limited-edition U.S. album was released on vinyl that summer: one side contained two English-language songs, and the B side was two tracks from Unbehagen.
In the fall of 1980, Hagen discovered she was pregnant, broke up with the father-to-be, and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva Hagen, was born in Santa Monica on May 17, 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first solo album NunSexMonkRock, a dissonant mix of punk, funk, reggae, and opera, and went on a world tour with the No Problem Orchestra.
In 1983 came the album Angstlos and a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen’s public appearances were becoming stranger and frequently included discussions of God, UFOs, her social and political beliefs, animal rights and vivisection and claims of alien sightings. The English version of Angstlos, Fearless, generated two major club hits in America , Zarah (a cover of the Zarah Leander song Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen) and the disco/punk/opera classic, New York New York.
1985’s Nina Hagen In Ekstasy fared less well, but did generate club hits with “Universal Radio” and a cover of “Spirit In The Sky” and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Frank Sinatra’s My Way, which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. Her contract with CBS over, she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to an 18-year old punk nicknamed ‘Iroquois’. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich, the anthemic Don’t Kill The Animals. In 1989 Hagen released the album Nina Hagen which was backed up by another German tour.
Duration : 0:4:37
German Lessons by Kati – Colors
Learn how to write and speak the names of colors from native German speaker, Kati.
For more video lessons, visit: http://www.germankati.com
Duration : 0:1:29
Easy German Unit 8
You can find all other Easy German episodes in the Language Section on our Website: www dot solarnet-international dot org
The Language Situation scenes are supposed to complement any regular language course by providing a sort of language “street experience”.
You can see “real” people talking their “real” language. They are all quite taken by surprise in this unusual situation (somebody asking silly questions) and they react very spontaneously.
Duration : 0:4:44
V2 Rocket the first man-made object in Space by Germany
At the end of the war, a race began between the United States and the USSR to retrieve as many V-2 rockets and staff as possible.
Three hundred trainloads of V-2s and parts were captured and shipped to the United States, and 126 of the principal designers, including both Wernher von Braun and Walter Dornberger were in American hands. In fact, Von Braun and his team decided to surrender to the United States military to ensure they were not captured by the advancing Soviets.
In October 1945, British Operation Backfire assembled a small number of V-2 missiles and launched three of them from a site in northern Germany. The engineers involved had already agreed to move to the US when the test firings were complete. The Backfire report remains the most extensive technical documentation of the rocket, including all support procedures, tailored vehicles and fuel composition. In his book My Father’s Son, Canadian author Farley Mowat, then a member of the Canadian Army, claims to have obtained a V-2 rocket in 1945 and shipped it back to Canada, where it is alleged to have ended up in the National Exhibition grounds in Toronto.
Operation Paperclip recruited German engineers to the U.S., and Special Mission V-2 transported V-2 parts to White Sands Proving Grounds, from which programs with animals in space and the Bumper rocket were conducted.
The USSR also captured a number of V-2s and staff, letting them set up in Germany for a time. The first work contracts were signed in the middle of 1945. In 1946 they were obliged to move to Kapustin Yar in the USSR, where Groettrup headed up a group of just under 250 engineers. The first Soviet missile was the R-1, an exact copy of the V-2. Most of the German team was sent home after that project, but some remained to do research until as late as 1951. Unbeknownst to the Germans, work immediately began on larger missiles, the R-2 and R-5, based on extension of the V-2 technology.
Duration : 0:9:3
Lessons in life: German sex education controversy
Deciding the right time to start telling children about the birds and the bees is tricky. Germany is having trouble with it right now, as sex education has become compulsory for pupils from the age of eight. Some parents are angry they’re no longer involved in teaching their own kids about such an important part of growing up.
Duration : 0:3:17
German Lessons by Kati – Months
Learn how to write and speak the names of the months from native German speaker, Kati.
For more video lessons, visit: http://www.germankati.com
Duration : 0:2:25
German Lessons by Kati – The Fruit
Learn how to write and speak the names of fruits from native German speaker, Kati. For more video lessons, visit: http://www.germankati.com
Duration : 0:2:38
German Lessons by Kati – Question Words
Learn how to write and speak the question words from native German speaker, Kati.
For more video lessons, visit: http://www.germankati.com
Duration : 0:1:58
