1. Pronouns and verb conjugation. An overview

2. Which word is the pronoun in each sentence? Tomorrow I am playing netball. Should we go to the cinema? Where is it? Hurry up you slow people! On Saturday afternoon at 2pm they drove home. It is fantastic that you can come to my party! Why isn’t he swimming on Monday? What are you doing over there?

3. Deutsch und Englisch Pronouns: ich I du you (singular) er/sie/es he/she/it wir we ihr you (plural) sie they Sie you (formal)

4. Verb Conjugation.Where are the verbs in these sentences? Every day I swim in my pool. Where are you running to? What do you think about that? She laughed loudly at the boy who fell over. I have read the book. I play tennis on Saturdays. He plays tennis on Saturdays.

5. What do you notice about the verbs in these sentences? I play tennis on Saturdays. He plays tennis on Saturdays. The VERB ENDING CHANGES depending on the PRONOUN!

6. The same thing happens in German: Ich spiele Basketball. Du machst deine Hausaufgaben. Er schwimmt sehr gut. Wir essen gern Schokolade. Ihr hört viele Musik. Am Montag laufen sie gern. Sie lesen gern die Zeitung.

7. To conjugate a regular verb in German you need : The stem of the verb The regular verb ending What is the stem of a German verb? The verb without the “en” on the end of it. For example: spielen spiel (stem) gewinnen gewinn (stem) schwimmen schwimm (stem)

8. The regular verb endings:

9. Putting it all together Stem of verb + verb ending = correct German! How do you know which ending to use? It depends who is in the sentence... I play Basketball = Ich spiele Basketball. He plays Tennis = Er spielt Tennis.

10. Note: Bob = er (he) Jane = sie (she) Das Auto = es (it) Die Schwestern = sie (they) Meine Freunde und ich = wir (we) (my friends and I)

11. Errinnen die Sätze! (Remember the sentences!)

12. Let’s practise! Ich __________ die Hausarbeit. (machen) Jane __________ gern Tennis. (spielen) Wir ____________ zu Hause. (bleiben) Bob ____________ gern. (laufen) Meine Freunde und ich _________ ins Kino. (gehen) Was __________ du am Samstag? (machen) Meine Eltern __________ gern. (schwimmen) Der Hund __________ mit mir. (gehen)

13. ichhabe du hast er/sie/es hat wirhaben ihrhabt siehaben Sie haben haben – to have I have you have he/she/it has we have you (plural) have they have you (formal) have

14. ich bin du bist er/sie/esist wirsind ihrseid siesind Sie sind sein – to be I am you are he/she/it is we are you (plural) are they are you (formal) are