KS4 · German · Year 10
Gesundheit: position of indirect and direct objects with two nouns
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I can form sentences combining direct and indirect objects and new vocabulary in the context of health.
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I can form sentences combining direct and indirect objects and new vocabulary in the context of health.
Key learning points
- Grouping new vocabulary by word class and exploring word families is a useful tool for committing vocabulary to memory.
- The accusative case is used for the direct object of a verb; the person or thing receiving the action of the verb.
- The dative case is used for the indirect object of a verb; the person or thing to or for whom something is done.
- In sentences with two object nouns, the indirect object noun always comes before the direct object noun.
- When translating into English, some but not all verbs need ‘to’ or ‘for’ before the indirect object noun.
Words to know
- direct object
- the person, people or thing(s) noun that is receiving the action of the verb
- indirect object
- the person, people or thing(s) noun that the the verb action is done 'to' or 'for'
- accusative
- case used for the direct object in a sentence, after most verbs and some prepositions
- dative
- case used for the indirect object in a sentence, and after a dative verb or preposition
- word class
- a category of words of similar function, e.g., nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs
Common mistakes
Indirect object nouns are always preceded by the words 'to' or 'for' in English, and this tells us we need to use the dative case for the indirect object in German.
Whilst the inclusion of 'to' or 'for' in English can be a helpful indicator that the dative case is needed in German, not all verbs require this in English, and many can use the same word order as German.
For parents, carers and teachers
- If dictionaries are available, Task A1 could be developed to include word families. Pupils could choose one or two of the new items of vocabulary and find the related words in different word classes and make compound nouns, e.g., 'die Folge', 'folgen', 'folgend', 'das Folgejahr'.