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Vokablen

er gefällt ihr              She likes him (he pleases her, literally)
Kröpcke                The name of Hanover's biggest subway station.           
U-Bahn                 subway
die größte              greatest (feminine here)
die Station                the station
aussteigen               getting off (a train, investment etc.)
täglich                     daily
betreten           to enter
Hunderte              hundreds
diese                     female form of "this"
der Schüler, die Schüler(pl) "pupil" (British engl.)
der Student                  student
der Angestellte              Clerk
der Rentner, die Rentner(pl)  pensioner
studieren                    to study
im Moment                    currently
ledig                        a person not having a partner
gehen                        to go
Rolltreppe                   escalator
die Stufe                    stair
fahren                       to drive (often specializing from engl. to travel towards)
währenddessen                "during this"
schauen                      look
ihre                         her (form for female possessions of a female person)
verlassen                    to leave
verlassen                    Partizip Perfekt von "verlassen"
eine andere                  another (feminine object)
bereits                      already
der Fahrgast                 passenger
die Fahrgäste                passengers (pl)
aufstehen                    to stand up
aufgestanden                 Partizip Perfekt von "aufstehen"
ausgestiegen                 Partizip Perfekt von "aussteigen"
die Ebene                    level/plateau
weitergehen                  to go on
sie geht weiter              she goes on
das Sonnenlicht              sunlight
die Richtung                 direction
Richtung Sonnenlicht         towards sunlight
die Passarelle               passage way
führen                       lead
Hauptbahnhof                 central station (in most German cities this is in the city centre)
Richtung Hauptbahnhof        in direction of the central station
links                        left
rechts                       right
locken                       tempt (not to confuse with "die Locken" = locks, curls!!) 
das Schaufenster             display window
die Schaufenster             plural of "das Schaufenster"
das Geschäft                 the shop
die Geschäfte                the shops 
der Geschäfte                of the shops
nach einer Weile             After a while
erreichen                    reach
erreicht                     Partizip Perfekt von erreichen
die zum Hauptbahnhof führt   that leads to the central station

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(The plural article is always "die".)German

Grammatik

Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Most adjectives are stand-alone words; however, present and past participles can also be used as adjectives. Numbers are also adjectives, though they do not decline.

Adjectives may be either predicate or attributive. Predicate adjectives are adjectives connected to a noun through a verb known as a copula. Those verbs in German are sein (to be), werden (to become), and bleiben (to remain). Other verbs, such as machen and lassen impart a predicate adjective onto an accusative object. Predicate adjectives are never inflected. Adverbs based on adjectives (remember last lesson)are one of the simplest parts of German grammar. Any adjective can be used as an adverb simply by placing its uninflected form within the sentence, usually towards the end. The examples below can describe both of Adjectives and Adverbs.

Ich bin noch schuler.  (I am still student .)
Trotz des Streites bleiben wir "freunde" .  (Despite the argument we remain friends.)
Ich werde "früh".  (I am getting happy.)
Die alte Milch wird dich krank machen.  (The old milk will make you sick.)

.Now try to translate the following sentences into English according to what you've learned about Adjectives and Adverbs :

1. Lukas wird faul
2. wir bleiben freunde für einen 12 jahren.

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