GERM 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter Struktur: Heute, Possessive Determiner, Pronoun

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: German Studies
• Course: GERM 1100
• Professor: Ruediger Mueller

Document Summary

Predicate nouns and adjectives are verb compliments (v2). Verb compliments: objects or another verb that becomes part of the verb phrase and complete. Verb complements typically stand at the end of the sentence. the meaning of the main verb (v1). Wir gehen mittags gern essen: negation, kein, kein: no, not a, not any, negative of ein, and takes same endings as ein, negates nouns that in an affirmative statement would be preceded by ein. Noun object: ich brauche die landkarte nicht. Definite time: ich brauche sie heute nicht: when negating a particular part of the sentence, nicht comes right before that element. These elements are typically adverbs, prepositional phrases, and verb complements. Ich kaufe das nicht auf dem markt. Most frequent pattern of placement of night: S v1 o definite time expression (nicht) other adverbs or adverbial phrases v2: kein vs. nicht, use kein when noun has an indefinite article or no article at all.