9 German 1 Mod 9 – meine Pläne Study Sheet

G121 Meine Pläne Mod 9 Study Sheet

Berufe (professions):

• der Facharbeiter – male specialist
• die Facharbeiterin -nen female specialist
• der Klempner – male plumber
• die Klempnerin -nen female plumber
• der Tischler – male carpenter
• die Tischlerin –nen  female carpenter
• der Metzger -/Fleischer – male butcher
• die Metzgerin -nen/die Fleischerin -nen female butcher
• der Buchhalter – male accountant (keeps the books)
• die Buchhälterin -nen female accountant (keeps the books)
• der Mechaniker – male mechanic
• die Mechanikerin -nen female mechanic
• der Zahntechniker – male dental hygienist
• die Zahntechnikerin -nen female dental hygienist
• der Wissenschaftler – male scientist
• die Wissenschaftlerin -nen female scientist
• der Chemiker – male chemist
• die Chemikerin -nen female chemist
• der Biologe -n male biologist
• die Biologin -nen female biologist
• der Physiker – male physiscist
• die Physikerin -nen female physicist
• der Ingenieur -e male engineer (French pronunciation)
• die Ingenieurin -nen female engineer (French pronunciation)
• der Lehrer – male teacher
• die Leherin -nen female teacher
• der Professor – male professor
• die Professorin -nen female professor
• der Verkäufer – salesman/male clerk
• die Verkäuferin -nen saleswoman/female clerk
• der Anwalt -ä e male lawyer
• die Anwältin -nen female lawyer
• der Richter – male judge
• die Richterin -nen female judge
• der Informatiker – male computer programmer
• die Informatikerin -nen female computer programmer
• der Journalist -en male journalist
• die Journalistin -nen female journalist
• der Reporter – male reporter
• die Reporterin -nen female reporter
• der Koch -ö e male cook
• die Köchin -nen female cook
• der Bäcker – male baker
• die Bäckerin -nen female baker
• der Kellner – male waiter
• die Kellnerin -nen waitress
• der Bauer -n male farmer
• die Bäuerin -nen female farmer
• der Soldat -en male soldier
• die Soldatin -nen female soldier
• der Offizier – male officer
• die Offizierin -nen female officer
• der Polizist -en male police officer
• die Polizistin -nen female police officer
• der Beamte -n male public employee
• die Beamtin -nen female public employee
• der Politiker – male politician
• die Politikerin -nen female politician
• der Kanzler – male chancellor
• die Kanzlerin -nen female chancellor
• der Minister – male minister (political, not religious)
• die Ministerin -nen  female minister (political, not religious)
• der Bürgermeister – male mayor
• die Bürgermeisterin -nen female mayor
• der Chef -s male boss
• die Chefin -nen female boss
• der Arzt – Ä e male doctor
• die Ärztin -nen female doctor
• der Pfleger – male nurse/caregiver
• die Pflegerin -nen female nurse/caregiver

Verben

• plannen to plan
• erklären „to make clear“/clarify/explain
• mit•arbeiten (reg/sep prefix/-t stem) „to work with“/cooperate
• leiten (reg/-t stem) to lead
• Argumente machen to make arguments
• jobben to gig/to work at a short-term job (hard J, English pronunciation)
• verdienen to earn
• bekommen to receive, NOT to become

Talking about Your Profession: the word for profession/career is der Beruf which literally translates to “calling.” Remember that in German no „a“ is put in front of a person’s profession, nationality, religious affiliation, or political affiliation when that information comes after the verbs sein (to be) or werden (to become). When answering the question, “Was sind Sie von Beruf?“ (What are you by profession?), do not include an ein/eine (Study Sheet 3) in your response.

• Was sind Sie von Beruf? → Ich bin Lehrerin. Und Sie? (NO eine)

Eines Tages: to express future plans and goals that you don’t know exactly when they will happen, use the phrase eines Tages, some day. This phrase is in the Genitive case, which we will be learning more about in G123.

• Eines Tages will er Wien besuchen. Some day he wants to visit Vienna.

jobben vs arbeiten: both jobben (pronounced with a hard j) and arbeiten mean to work but jobben is specific to short-term non-professional jobs similar to “gigging.”

• Der Teenager jobbt als Babysitter.

die 9 Kernverben: Make sure you are totally solid on these verbs before starting G122 because it gets more confusing when the past tense is introduced if you aren’t confident with the present tense forms of these inescapable verbs.

1. MOTHER OF ALL VERBS: sein– irregular to the core (Study Sheet 1)

2. haben– is similar to a stem vowel changer since it is irregular in the du and er/sie/es/xier forms (missing the b from the stem; Study Sheet 3)

3. Modalverben– make sure to learn the ich form (Study Sheet 7)

• müssen→ ich muss
• können→ ich kann
• dürfen→ ich darf
• sollen→ ich soll (no vowel shift)
• wollen→ ich will
• mögen→ ich mag

4. Werden: means to become. It is an irregular verb with some stem vowel changing traits and some -t stem traits. PRO TIP: bekommen (receive/get) does NOT mean to become; there are lots of cognates, but bekommen isn’t one of them. Werden is also used to say what profession someone is studying to be and to say how old someone is turning. Werden is also a helping verb to form the infrequently used future tense and passive mode that will be learned in G123.

Beispiele mit Werden:

• Tasha studiert Chemie. Sie wird Chemikerin. (no eine in front of chemist)
• Andre studiert BWL. Er wird Geschäftsmann. (no ein in front of businessman)
• Fr. Aydin, wie alt ist Ihre Tochter? → Sie wird zehn im März.

Akademische Ziele: Below are helpful phrases for discussing your academic and professional goals.

• Ich will einen Job/einen besseren Job bekommen.
• Ich will ein Zertifikat in _____ bekommen. (certificate/AA)
• Ich will einen Bachelor in ______ bekommen. (no -s at the end of Bachelor)
• Ich will einen Master in ______ bekommen. (no -s at the end of Master)
• Ich will einen Doktortitel in ______bekommen. (PhD)
• Ich will ein Praktikum machen. (internship)
• Ich will einen Austausch im Ausland machen.🌎🧳✈ (exchange program)

Tips for Learning Noun Genders:

Arzt/Ärztin (doctor) is used as the core noun to express medical specialists in a very logical fashion. The gender of all nouns with Arzt will be masculine and all with Ärztin will be feminine.

• der Kinderarzt “kid doctor”/male pediatrician
• der Augenarzt „eye doctor“/male opthamologist
• die Tierärztin „animal doctor“/ female veterinarian
• die Frauenärztin „woman doctor“/ female gynacologist

Aussprache: B/D/G

B, D and G are voiced if they are followed by a vowel or are at the beginning of a word. That is, they sound like these letters do auf Englisch.

• Beruf “buh”
• Doktortitel “duh”
• Tage “guh”

If B, D, or G is not followed by a vowel they are not voiced. That means B makes a “p” sound, D makes a “t” sound, and G makes a “k” sound. NOTE: the suffix -ig still makes an “ich” leaky balloon sound and the combination ng blends the “en”and “guh”sounds together (z. B.: lang)

• ab “puh”
• Bad “tuh”
• Tag “kuh”

Idiom:

• Geld allein macht nicht glücklich. „Money alone does not make you happy.”/Money can’t buy happiness.