I can review the whole module: describe my day in order, say who I help and who likes what, put a verb in the past, and not mix up mögen, gern, and gefallen.
What we review
What we review
There are no new rules here — just a summary of the module and one contrast at the end.
• What I do to myself — reflexive verbs: mich, dich, sich, uns, euch, sich. The day in order: zuerst … danach … zum Schluss.
• To whom — the Dativ: dem, dem, der, den, and in the plural also -n on the noun itself. Six verbs always take it: helfen, danken, gehören, gefallen, antworten, schmecken.
• To whom and with whom, without a noun: mir, dir, ihm, ihr, uns, euch, ihnen, Ihnen. Seven prepositions: aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu — and the contractions beim, vom, zum, zur.
• What has already happened — the Perfekt: vowel patterns of strong past participles, mixed verbs (gebracht, gedacht, gekannt), sein for movement and for bleiben and passieren, haben for all reflexive verbs.
• Whose — a name with -s, or von: Pauls Studium = das Studium von Paul.
• Three ways to say “like”, in the table: mögen for a thing or food, gern next to an action, gefallen with the Dativ for an impression (something you saw, heard, or tasted).
• The module in short: now you can talk about your day and your past, say who likes what, and read someone else's résumé.
Three ways to say “like”
English uses “like” for all three; German has three constructions.
| Form | When | Example |
|---|---|---|
| mögen | about a thing or food: “I like it, it's to my taste” | Tobias mag Fisch und Brot. |
| gern + verb | about an activity: “I like doing it” | Paul liest gern die Zeitung. |
| gefallen + Dativ | about an impression: you liked what you saw, heard, or tasted | Der Kurs gefällt meiner Freundin. |
Lesson notes
What we review
There are no new rules here — just a summary of the module and one contrast at the end.
• What I do to myself — reflexive verbs: mich, dich, sich, uns, euch, sich. The day in order: zuerst … danach … zum Schluss.
• To whom — the Dativ: dem, dem, der, den, and in the plural also -n on the noun itself. Six verbs always take it: helfen, danken, gehören, gefallen, antworten, schmecken.
• To whom and with whom, without a noun: mir, dir, ihm, ihr, uns, euch, ihnen, Ihnen. Seven prepositions: aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu — and the contractions beim, vom, zum, zur.
• What has already happened — the Perfekt: vowel patterns of strong past participles, mixed verbs (gebracht, gedacht, gekannt), sein for movement and for bleiben and passieren, haben for all reflexive verbs.
• Whose — a name with -s, or von: Pauls Studium = das Studium von Paul.
• Three ways to say “like”, in the table: mögen for a thing or food, gern next to an action, gefallen with the Dativ for an impression (something you saw, heard, or tasted).
• The module in short: now you can talk about your day and your past, say who likes what, and read someone else's résumé.