• Here are my summary for German class on Wednesday, 9th of November 2016.

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  • "Welche Personnen kennt?" means "What people know?".
    • I think this was not meant as sentence.
  • For example if I want to ask these.
    • Which people do you know?
    • Which person do you know?
  • These would translates into these.
    • Which people do you know?
      • Welche Leute kennen Sie?
      • Welche Leute kennst du?
      • Welche Personnen kennen Sie?
      • Welche Personnen kennst du?
    • Which person do you know?
      • Welche person kennen Sie?
      • Welche person kennst du?

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  • "Kennen" means "to know".

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  • "Welche bekannte Person ist das?" means "Which known person is that?".
  • "Welche beruhmte Person ist das?" means "Which famous person is that?".
  • "Welche Person ist das?" means "Which person is that?".
  • "Wer ist das?" means "Who is that?".

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  • The word "bekannte" is similar to the word "kennen". Hence, it means "known".

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  • "Bekannt" means "known".
  • "Beruhmt" means "famous".

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  • "Wie heissbt er?" means "Who is he?" this is used to specifically asking for name.
  • "Wie heissbt sie?" means "Who is she" this is used to specifically asking for name.
  • "Wie ist ihr Name?" means "What is her name?".
  • "Wie ist sein Name?" means "What is his name?".
  • Wie heissbt die Person? means "Who is this person?".
  • Wie heissbt diese Personnen? means "Who is these people?".

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  • "Diese" means "this".
  • "Ihr" is the proposition for she (direct translation from "her").
  • "Sein" is the preposition for he (direct translation from "his").

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  • "Ich weiss es nicht". means "I do now know it.".
  • "Ich weiss es." means "I know it.".

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  • "Woher kommt die Person?" means "Where does this person comes from?".
  • "Woher kommt diese Personnen?" means "Where does this people comes from?".
  • "Woher kommt er?" means "Where does he comes from?".
  • "Woher kommt sie?" means "Where does she comes from?".

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  • "Machen" means "to do".

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  • "Was ist er von Beruf?" means "What is his job?".
  • "Was ist ihr Beruf?" means "What is her job?".
  • "Was ist sein Beruf?" means "What is his job?".
  • "Was ist sie von Beruf?" means "What is her job?".
  • "Was macht die Person?" means "What does this person do?".
  • "Was macht diese Personnen?" means "What does this people do?".
  • "Was macht er beruflich?" means "What is his occupation?".
  • "Was macht sie beruflicht?" means "What is her occupation?".

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  • The questions above are meant to use for asking a professional job.
  • They are not meant to ask something that the subject do on the go.

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  • Der Beruf. This means that the word "Beruf" is masculine.
  • Der Job. This means that the word "Job" is masculine.
  • Die Arbeit. This means that the word "Arbeit" is feminine.

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  • Example of verb casting.
    • Du arbeitest.
    • Er arbeitet.
    • Es arbeitet.
    • Ich arbeite.
    • Ihr arbeitet.
    • Sie (she) arbeiten.
    • Sie (they) arbeitet.
    • Sie (you (formal)) arbeiten.
    • Wir arbeiten.
  • Below is the photo for all notes within this class session.

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