Sunday, December 28, 2014

Translating from German to English....

....is really tricky. Practice on sentence structure makes it easier.

Remember in English we do it the other way:
(+extra info)    S (subject) +   V (verb)  +  O (object)  (+ extra info)   
 Every day  John walks to school with his brother.
 Sometimes I swim in the river in summer.
    
Give it a try.
You find the English sentences at the bottom.
For those students who have the handbook for Kanton school the exercise is on page 42.

  1. Es freut mich, Sie kennen zu lernen.  Das ist mein Bruder.

 

  1. Wie lautet die Telefonnummer Deiner Grosseltern? Ich weiss sie nicht.

 

  1. Sein Lieblingsfach ist Geschichte, aber auch Mathematik und Geographie gefällt ihm.

 

  1. Meine Mutter geht nie ins Schwimmbad, weil Sie schwimmen hasst.

 

  1. Darf ich Deine Zeitung anschauen?  Nein, tut mir leid. Ich muss gehen.

 

  1. Am Freitag feiern wir ein Fest.  Nein, wir feiern nicht ein Fest, wir gehen ins Theater.

 

  1. Julia hat am 12. März Geburtstag.

 

  1. Mein bester Freund hasst laufen (springen), aber ihm gefällt Schlittschuhlaufen.

 

  1. Der Sommer beginnt am 21. Juni.  Es ist meine bevorzugte Jahreszeit.

 

  1. Sie wohnt bei den Eltern.
 

Set 1 Key
1.       It‘s nice to meet you.  This is my brother.

2.       What’s your grandparent’s phone number? I don’t know it.

3.       His favourite subject is history, but he likes maths and geography too.

4.       My mother never goes to the pool because she hates swimming.

5.       Can(may) I look at your newspaper? No, I’m sorry but I have to go.

6.       An Friday we are having a party.  No, we aren’t having a party, we are going to the theatre!

7.       Julia’s birthday is on the twelfth of March.(March twelfth)

8.       My best friend hates running but he loves ice skating.

9.       Summer begins on June twenty-first.  It’s my favourite season.

10.   She lives with her parents.

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