KS3 · German · Year 7
What is it? 'Was' and 'sagen'
In the classroom: 'sein', nouns, articles, questions
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Your learning goal
I can use the question word ‘Was?’ and the verb 'sagen' to ask what something is and identify what someone says.
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I can use the question word ‘Was?’ and the verb 'sagen' to ask what something is and identify what someone says.
Key learning points
- [e] can be either short (followed by 2 consonants) or long (followed by a single consonant, double vowel or 'h').
- The question word 'Was ...?' meaning 'What ...?' is used to identify things.
- The verb 'sagen' means 'to say, to tell' in the infinitive and its short form 'sagt' means 'says, tells'.
Words to know
- [e]
- pronounced [e] as in 'denken' and [e] as in 'geben'
- Was?
- What?
- verb
- a word that communicates actions or states
Common mistakes
All German verbs end in -en.
Verbs have different forms (endings) depending on the subject. Long form ends in -en and short form ends in -t.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Giving a notional time for short speaking tasks is a useful way to encourage pupils to speed up mental processing and increase spoken fluency.