Schlüssel zur Revision
RS = Rechtschreibung (spelling error) Idiet
(Richtig: Idiot)
GS = Grossschreibung (capitalization) idiot
(Richtig: Idiot
KS = Kleinschreibung (lower case) Idiotisch
(Richtig: idiotisch)
M = Masculinum (It should be a form of "der")
F = Femininum (It should be a form of "die")
N = Neutrum (It should be a form of "das")
PL= Plural (The article should take a form of "die" or else the plural
itself is wrong (PL-1 = Class 1 Plural: der Leiter / die Leiter; PL-2 = Class 2 Plural: der Hund / die Hunde;
PL-3 = Class 3 Plural: das Bild / die Bilder; PL-4 = Class 4 Plural: die Frau / die Frauen;
PL-5 = Class 5 Plural: das Auto / die Autos; Umlaut above the bar indicates that
Umlaut is to be added (der Wald / die Wälder)
NOM = Nominativ (Nominative case: der, die, das, die or the
equivalent)
AKK = Akkusativ (Accusative case: den, die, das, die or the
equivalent)
DAT = Dativ (Dative case: dem, der, dem, den or the equivalent)
DAT-N = Don't forget to add "n" to nouns of plural
classes I-III in the plural (mit den Bildern / außer den Schülern)
GEN = Genitiv (Genitive case: des, des, des, der or the equivalent)
GEN-S = Add an "s" or "es" to your masculine or neuter
noun in the Genitive (des Mannes)
N-SUBST = This noun takes "n" or "en" in all
cases except Nominative (der Student, den Studenten, dem Studenten, des Studenten /
der Herrn, den Herrn, dem Herrn, des Herrn)
FREUND = The verb's principal parts merely add the requisite endings to the stem
without changes (machen, machte, gemacht); the conjugation followed by most verbs in German
FEIND = The verb's principal parts feature at least one stem vowel change, as well as
possibility of a stem vowel change for "du" and "er,sie,es" in present tense
(geben (du gibst, er gibt) - gab - gegeben / gehen, ging, ist gegangen); you memorized the
seven classes of these.
VERRÄTER = The verb combines the stem-vowel changes of FEINDE with
the regular endings of FREUNDE (wissen - wusste - gewusst / kennen - kannte - gekannt; They seem
like FREUNDE but they are really FEINDE, hence the name "traitors."
WS = Wortstellung (Word order: the element in parentheses needs
to go somewhere else in the clause. The arrow indicates the proper direction.)
= Laufende
Figur (running figure; Verb of motion: You need to use "sein" as
a helping verb and not "haben"). Ich habe
ins Kino gegangen. Richtig: Ich bin ins Kino
gegangen.
SING = singular (It should be singular: Keine
Mann. Richtig: Kein Mann.
PL = plural (It should be plural: Kein
Männer. Richtig: Keine Männer.
KONJ II = der Konjunktiv II (Use subjunctive mood instead of indicative: dass er nichts gemacht hat...
Richtig: dass er nichts gemacht hätte...
KONJ I = der Konjunktiv I (Use the form Germans reserve for indirect speech
or quotations dass er müde ist...
Richtig: dass er müde sei...
KA = kein Artikel (There is no article or limiting word present, so the endings
follow the regular endings of the definite articles: deutsche() Bier
Richtig: deutsches Bier
Arrrrrrgh! = Arrrrrrgh!