Elisa singt Lieder

In this lesson, we will focus on three of the five main groups of German plural, with special attention to the group that forms the plural by adding -er.

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Elisa singt Lieder

Situation

On the last page of the brochure in German, Ermanno finds the picture of Elisa at the piano, with a microphone in her hand. Ermanno translates the sentence under the picture for Oliver into English: "Elisa plays the piano. She sings and tells stories. She knows many songs, stories, and dreams."

Elisa spielt Klavier. Sie singt und erzählt. Sie kennt viele Lieder, Geschichten und Träume.


Lesson

The waiter becomes visible and explains German plural endings.

Explaining German plural endings with one sentence

Elisa spielt Klavier. Sie singt und erzählt. Sie kennt viele LiederGeschichten und Träume.

Lieder (songs) → plural of Lied

  • Many German nouns form the plural with -er.

  • Often with umlautBuch → Bücher.

Geschichten (stories) → plural of Geschichte

  • Many feminine nouns add -n or -en in the plural.

  • Geschichte → Geschichten

Träume (dreams) → plural of Traum

  • Masculine and some neuter nouns often take -e in the plural.
  • Often with umlautTraum → Träume

So in this one short text, you see three major plural patterns in German:

  1. -er + umlaut (Lied → Lieder)

  2. -n / -en (Geschichte → Geschichten)

  3. -e + umlaut (Traum → Träume)


Oliver's Homework

Max arrives and says to Oliver: "Write a short dialogue between yourself and me, using this picture as inspiration. I give you the instruction (for example: “Zeig mir zwei Bücher”), and you respond by repeating the sentence (for example: “Das sind zwei Bücher”)."

Ermanno's Homework

Answer the questions:

  1. Wie viele deutsche Lieder kennst du?

  2. Wie viele Bücher kaufst du für den Deutschunterricht?

  3. Wie viele Gläser benutzt du an einem Tag?

  4. Wie viele Handtücher hängen in deinem Badezimmer?

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See you for the next lesson where we learn (or repeat) the plural ending in -en!

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