help me with my sons german please - forms of zeichnen??

[debinaustria]

is this right or not
Ich zeichnete
Du zeichnetest
sie zeichnetet
Wir zeichnen

thanks

would have to be wir zeichneten

thank you, how about lesen?

Could you imagine ever saying though: du zeichnetest?! I'm sure I'd find a way around using it.

he's only in 2 Klasse, I am normally 1 step ahead of him with his german but he's leaving me behind!!

Are you practising the past tenses? Lesen is irregular so it's ich las and so on.

is it
ich lese
du lesst? or lest
sie lest
wir lesen

no present tense

What year is he in? Here in Berlin dd has just started that sort of thing in year 3 - just wanting to compare really.

Oops, I typed that slowly!

Geez mine's in year 2 as well but thank heavens we're not doing that.

at these Austrian schools! But then I remember you get all these extra holidays for skiing and things.

so is lesen right?

oh ok, reason I asked was the first one zeichnete etc was the past tense. If you want the present, it's ich zeichne, du zeichnest, er/sie zeichnet, wir zeichnen

lesen: ich lese, du liest, er liest, wir lesen

Think you'll have to go and buy a German grammar if this is what you're expected to do for homework, eh?

Get "501 German Verbs" from Amazon. American and old-fashioned (needs an update) but invaluable for lesen/las etc.

Present right?

ich lese
du liest
er liest
wir lesen
ihr lest
sie lesen

zeichnete is imperfect.
ich zeichne is present.

aargh - I'm in serous trouble now - he's written it in his book

The Duden books on grammar are really good. We have a few of them.

rip out the page?

If anyone knows a better book than 501, let me know!
Had a great grammar one - must look it out.
501 lives in our kitchen and is invaluable for arguments with ds2 about imperfects:
schaffen/schuf - he just doesn't believe me

Thank you so much for your help, will definitely get the book

I assumed this level of work was the norm in the 2nd class. I have to admit I hate the days his homework is Deutsch!!

So last one is hoeren (english keyboard)
hoere
hoerst
hoert
hoeren?

it's ok, I found that on the web

thanks again

what would I do without mumsnet

just wondering how the amount of homework varies between schools - today he's had to build verbs from 2 halves - 9 verbs in total, then write them in his book twice, then conjugate 6 verbs (those I had problems with)and write them out,
now he has to write our 6 sentences putting in the right verb.

He will also have reading - about an a4 length story., usually with no pictures - such a boring book!!

Deb

My German grammar books are in a box in the cellar. So I need to bring them up by the sounds of things Hmmm

I have the 501 in the cellar somewhere. Beats fussing about figuring out which verb is conjugated the same as which other verb.

Remember too from my German classes way back a list with verbs we had to learn off by heart like Lesen - las - gelesen, schlafen - schlief - geschlafen and so on. Actually I think in retrospect it was quite helpful.

What time does school finish Deb? Those half-day schools that close at lunchtime generally do give a fair amount of daily homework. Are they maybe giving your ds extra German or something?

he finishes at 12 most days, and 1.00 on 1 day. today he finishes at 10!!! as then it's religion which he doesn't do(very intense RC not multi faith) then an extra class for those who need to catch up, which he sometimes stays for but not every week.

Think that's about the standard amount of homework for that type of school Deb.

Hoeren looks right to me.

Wow, deb, my 2 are in year 3 and 4 in Berlin and they rarely get homework like taht. It worries me when I hear how much other dc are getting.

Typical week for year 3 dd: They get a Gedicht der Woche given on a Monday and they have to copy it into their book by Friday so about 4 to 5 lines a day then maybe twice a week a page of maths in the style of do the sums then colour the picture accordingly (68=blue, 99=red etc)

That's it and ds in year 4 gets even less than that. His German teacher does work which I think is year 2 or 3 level at the most. That's why we sit most weekends and do school work. It's like homeschooling 'on the side' really.