1.1.3 Discussing personality traits

• 'Friendly' translates to freundlich
• Match the personality trait with its German translation:

  Friendly ↔️ freundlich

  Funny ↔️ lustig

  Intelligent ↔️ intelligent

  Lazy ↔️ faul
• 'Lazy' in German is faul
• Arrange the following personality traits in alphabetical order according to their German translations:

  1️⃣ faul

  2️⃣ freundlich

  3️⃣ intelligent

  4️⃣ lustig

  5️⃣ ordentlich

  6️⃣ ruhig

  7️⃣ sportlich
• 'Sporty' in German is sportlich
• What does 'Meine Schwester ist lustig und freundlich' mean in English?

  My sister is funny and friendly
• What is the English translation of 'Ich esse einen Apfel'?

  I eat an apple
• What is the basic structure for combining adjectives with nouns in German to describe someone's personality?

  Noun + Adjective
• What does 'Meine Schwester ist lustig' mean in English?

  My sister is funny
• Which of the following German adjectives means 'lazy'?

  faul
• What is the first element in a basic German sentence structure?

  Subject
• How do you describe someone's personality in German?

  Noun + adjective
• Mein Bruder ist sportlich translates to 'My brother is sporty'.


  True
• Ich esse einen Apfel
• Meine Schwester ist lustig und freundlich means 'My sister is funny and friendly'.

  True
• Ich esse einen Apfel
• Mein Bruder ist sportlich means 'My brother is lazy'.

  False
• What is the structure for forming comparative adjectives in German?

  Noun + comparative adjective + als + noun
• To form the comparative adjective, you typically add the suffix -er to the end of the adjective.


  True
• Which verb is used to express opinions about personality traits in German?

  finden
• The basic structure of a German sentence is Subject - Verb - Object.

  True
• Ich esse einen Apfel
• The action being performed in a German sentence is called the verb
• The person or thing receiving the action in a German sentence is called the object
• Combining nouns with adjectives in German follows the structure: noun + adjective
• Match the adjective with its comparative form:

  freundlich ↔️ freundlicher

  lustig ↔️ lustiger

  intelligent ↔️ intelligenter

  faul ↔️ fauler
• The comparative form of 'intelligent' is intelligenter
• To express an opinion about someone's personality in German, you can use the verb finden
• Match the personality trait with its German translation:

  Friendly ↔️ freundlich

  Funny ↔️ lustig

  Lazy ↔️ faul

  Quiet ↔️ ruhig
• The structure 'Noun + Adjective' is used in German to describe someone's personality.


  True
• The German word for "funny" is lustig
• What is the German word for "lazy"?

  faul
• What is the German word for "quiet"?

  ruhig
• The German word for "stubborn" is stur
• Mein Bruder ist sportlich
• What word is used with comparative adjectives in German to make comparisons?

  als
• What suffix is typically added to form comparative adjectives in German?

  -er
• The verb "finden" can be used to express opinions about someone's personality in German.


  True
• What is the structure for comparing personality traits using comparative adjectives in German?

  Noun + comparative adjective + als + noun
• What verb is used to express opinions about someone's personality in German?

  finden