KS3 · German · Year 8
What I and others prefer to do: 'gern' and 'lieber' with present tense
What we like and prefer doing: separable verbs, 'gern' and 'lieber'
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Your learning goal
I can use 'lieben' to say what activities I love and 'gern' and 'lieber' to say what I like and prefer doing.
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I can use 'lieben' to say what activities I love and 'gern' and 'lieber' to say what I like and prefer doing.
Key learning points
- At the start of words, German [sp-] and [st-] are pronounced 'schp-' and 'scht-'.
- [st] and [sp] sound like in English in the middle or at the end of words, except in compound nouns or separable verbs.
- Practising vocabulary in different ways strengthens long-term recall.
- 'Lieber' is an adverb meaning 'rather' and goes after the verb to talk about preferring to do something.
- It is important not to confuse 'lieber' with 'lieben', which is a verb meaning 'to love, loving'.
Words to know
- adverb
- word that describes a verb or an adjective
- lieber
- adverb meaning 'rather', used to express preference between actions
Common mistakes
German [st] and [sp] sound the same as in English, wherever they appear in the word.
At the start of words, German [sp-] and [st-] are pronounced 'schp-' and 'scht-'. If [sp] and [st] occur in the middle or end of a word, pronounce them as in English, except for compound nouns and separable verbs, which are also 'schp-' and 'scht-'.
For parents, carers and teachers
- 'Musik' is new vocabulary that will be formally introduce in the near future, but it appears passively in a listening task this lesson. Teachers may wish to mention before Task C1 that students should listen out for a new cognate during the task.