Hobbys und Freizeit · Feste und Geschenke · Kleidung, Körper und Gesundheit — modal verbs, pronouns and prepositions with the accusative and dative · Textbook: German – Standard IX
Chapter 1 Hobbys – Freizeitaktivitäten – Persönlichkeiten
Welcome to your second year of German! Lektion 1 is all about free time: hobbies, things you can do, plans for the week, rules about what is not allowed, and famous people and places. Along the way you meet the four Modalverben können, wollen, dürfen and müssen (plus möchten and mögen), the personal pronouns in the Akkusativ (mich, dich, ihn, sie, es …) and the prepositions that always take the Akkusativ (für, um, durch, ohne, gegen, entlang). The lesson ends with facts about German as a world language, a statistic on sports injuries and fun short poems called Elfchen.
Chapter 2 Feste – Feiertage – Geschenke
Lektion 2 is about celebrations: festivals and public holidays, birthday and wedding presents, and Christmas with the Schönherr family in Berlin. The big grammar topic is the Dativ — the case of the person who receives something (Wem?). You learn the Dativ pronouns mir, dir, ihm, ihr, uns, euch, ihnen, Ihnen and the prepositions that always take the Dativ (aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, gegenüber). The Landeskunde part introduces Switzerland, and the reading section has invitations, greetings, proverbs, tips for an eco-friendly party and a calendar of festivals across Europe.
Chapter 3 Kleidung – Mode – Körper – Gesundheit
Lektion 3 takes you shopping and to the doctor! You learn the names of clothes and accessories, colours and patterns, how to give compliments at a party and how to say whether something fits, suits or pleases you. Then you name the parts of the body and the organs, say where it hurts (Ich habe Kopfschmerzen, Mein Bein tut weh) and compare life in the past and today. The grammar covers adjective endings after der and ein, verbs that take the Dativ (gefallen, passen, stehen, gehören, schmecken, helfen …) and the past forms war and hatte. Landeskunde: Austria. Reading: summer sales and what teenagers think about fashion.
