Dictionary Skills

When you need to use words you don't know in German you need to translate them. You will be using a dictionary from the list below:

https://www.dict.cc/

https://dict.leo.org/german-english/

https://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/

DO NOT USE AN ELECTRONIC TRANSLATOR FOR FULL SENTENCES - YOUR TEACHER CAN TELL IN AN INSTANT!

This is because electronic translators (such as Google Translate) translate every word individually regardless of context.

So you might type in: "I pay my bill at the restaurant."

...and your translation might read: "I wage my beak at the restaurant."

...because to the electronic translator, the NOUN pay is a wage, and a BIRD'S beak is a bill.

See how the electronic translator didn't pick up that the "pay" in your sentence is a verb?

If you submit a sentence that makes no sense because you have been lazy and used a translator - your teachers will know. Just don't.

HOW TO USE AN ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY

Read the following instructions carefully.

Keep this handout as a REFERENCE SHEET: Re-read it as often as you need to, while practising your dictionary use.

Open the file below to see another resource for dictionary use.

Aufgabe:

1. Pick TEN items around the classroom or your house and look up the GERMAN words in the dictionary. Write the word list into your workbook.

Examples:

the table - der Tisch (m)

the door - die Tür (f)

the window - das Fenster (n)

2. Create at least THREE sentences using words from your wordlists.

HINT: You can use your haben conjugation in these sentences.

CHALLENGE: Try incorporating your hobbies vocab as well.