Chapter 1
die Farben
Many of the german colors are English cognates, meaning they stem from or sound similar to the colors translation in English.
For example, the translations for the colors gold and orange are the same in both languages, while the translations in German for the colors silber [silver], grün [green], and blau [blue] sound very similar to their English meanings.
In German, if you want to say a color is light or dark, you simply adjoin the word hell or dunkel at the beginning of the color just as you would in English.
For example, in English you have light blue or dark red. However, in German, you would have hellblau or dunkelrot.
Übung 1
Was ist deine Libelingsfarbe? What is your favorite color?
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Modell
Q- Was ist deine Lieblingsfarbe?
A- Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist blau.
Übung 2
Describe your belongings using the colors you learned in the lesson
Modell
Q- Welche Farbe hat dein Hemd? (What color is your = shirt?)
A- Mein Hemd ist blau. (My shirt is blue.)
dein Fahrrad
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deine Lampe
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dein Buch
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dein Telefon
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dein Kugelschreiber
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dein Segelboat
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dein Schreibtisch
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dein Heft
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dein Haus
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dein Apfel
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Übung 3
What color do you associate with each of the following words?
froh
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traurig
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das Buch
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der Ozean
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die Schule
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Tennisspielen
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die Welt
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das Klavier
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das Geld
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Kartenspielen
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das Papier
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der Basketball
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die Blume
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der Flamingo
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der Haifisch
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die Pflaume
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Gegenteile
alt = old
jung = young
Amerikanische = American
Deutsch = German
b=F6se = bad/evil
nett = nice
gro=DF = big,tall
klein = little,small,short
h=E4=DFlich = ugly
h=FCbsch = pretty
teuer = expensive
billig = cheap/inexpensive
reich = rich
arm = poor
heiss = hot
kalt = cold
schnell = fast
langsam = slow
voll = full
leer = empty
nah = near
weit = far
dick = fat/heavy
d=FCnn = skinny/thin
fleissig = industrious
faul = lazy
sauber = clean
schmutzig = dirty
s=FCss = sweet
sauer = sour
glücklich = lucky/happy
unglücklich = unlucky
froh = happy
traurig = sad
leicht = easy
schwer = heavy/difficult
normal = normal
fremd = strange
gesund = healthy
krank = ill
intelligent = intelligent
blöd = dumb/stupid
schon = beautiful
hasslich = ugly
ernst = serious
lustig = funny
Übung 4
Use an adjective to fill the blank in the following sentences.
Modell: Die Frau ist krank.
1. Die Frau ist ________.
2. Der Hund ist _______.
3. Das Kind ist ________.
Übung 5
Translate from German to English.
Modell: Die Katze ist klein.
1. Das Auto is rot.
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2. Meine Hausafgabe ist schwer.
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3. Meine Großmutter ist alt.
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