Friday, February 9, 2018

Spanish 1: A Strict Binary


All nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine. Usually, nouns ending in 'o' are masculine and those ending in 'a' are feminine. El (the) and un (a) are used for masculine nouns, whereas la and una are used for feminine ones.
Accent marks in Spanish are usually used to denote what syllable/ letter should bear most stress. They're also used to distinguish between homophones.

It's usually possible to omit the pronoun as conjugation usually indicates who does what.

Vocabulary:

1 una manzana apple
2 un diario newspaper 
3 el, la the
4 un, una a/ an
5 Tu You singular
6 Usted You plural 
7 Vos You singular informal in some places.
8 Comer to eat 
9 hombre man
10 la mujer woman 
11 yo i
12 nino boy
13 nina girl
14 él he/ him 
15 ella her/ she
16 el agua water 
17 el pan bread 
18 Beber to drink
19 la leche milk 
20 de  from
21 Espana Spain 
22  México Mexico
23 Me llamo My name is 
24 Como es mi nombre  what is my name 
25 Como te llamas what's your name 

German 1: All Nouns Are Capitalized



In German, all nouns are capitalized. Also, there are three grammatical genders - male, female, and neuter. Unfortunately, the grammatical gender may not match the biological gender. Every noun has to be learned along with its gender.

Definite article (the): der/ das/ die (m/n/f)
Indefinite article (a/ an): ein/ eine (m,n/f)

-- generally speaking, it changes according to something known as the case of the noun.

---- what the hell is wrong with this language?

Sein - to be

ich bin - i am
du bist - you are (informal)
er/ sie/ es ist - he/ she/ it is
wir sind - we are
ihr seid - you all are (informal)
sie sind - they are
Sie sind - you are (formal)

---- Ok, it is official, this is on crack. 

Conjugating regular verbs
To conjugate a regular verb in the present tense, identify the invariant stem and attach corresponding ending.

trinken - to drink

English personendingGerman example
I-eich trinke
you (singular informal)-stdu trinkst
he/she/it-ter/sie/es trinkt
we-enwir trinken
you (plural informal)-tihr trinkt
you (formal)-enSie trinken
they-ensie trinken

Umlauts are words that have two dots above them. Its function is to change how the vowel sounds. 

There is no separate form for the continuous tense in German. 

Vocabulary

1MannMan
2FrauWoman
3JungeBoy
4Madchengirl
5Kindchild
6BrotBread
7WasserWater 
8ein/ einea
9undand
10Trinkento drink
11der, das, diethe 
12seinto be 
13ichi
14duyou singular informal
15erhe
16sieshe
17esit
18wirwe
19ihryou plural informal
20siethey
21Sieyou (formal)
22LektionLesson
23furfor
24ein Apfelan apple
25EssenTo eat 
26Neu/ neuenew 
27Er issthe drinks

French 1: French has 2 Genders



French has two grammatical genders - masculine and feminine. Also there are personal subject pronouns and articles and subject-verb agreement is important. The concept of elisions is phonetic in nature - for example, le and la become l' when followed by a vowel. Contractions are also a phonetic phenomenon in French - for example, du is a combination of de + le. While the letter H is always silent, it can act as a vowel or a consonant when it begins a word - i.e. with regards to elisions and contractions.

Plural forms of French words usually end in '-s'. Plural forms exist not just for nouns and adjectives, but also for pronouns and verb conjugations.

Tu - Informal you
Vous - plural/ formal singular you

Pronouns, adjectives and articles must agree with their nouns in both gender and number.
French has no specialized continuous tense.

Okay,  enough nonsense. Let's get to the good stuff. (Vocabulary!!)

1JeIPronoun
2TuYouPronoun
3Il HePronoun
4ElleShePronoun
5NousWePronoun
6VousYouPronoun
7IlsThey (m)Pronoun
8Elles They (f)Pronoun
9MangerTo eat Verb
10Le/L'/La/LesTheDefinite article 
11Un, une, desA, someIndefinite article 
12du, de la, de l', dessome, anyPartitive articles 
13Une fillea girlnoun
14Un garçona boynoun
15une femmea womannoun
16un hommea mannoun
17Riche(s)richadjective
18une pommeapplenoun
19un enfantchildnoun
20OrangeOrangeadjective
21un chat, une chattecatnoun
22noir(e)(s)blackadjective
23calme(s)calmadjective
24Êtreto beVerb
25Avoirto haveVerb
26 Pain (m) bread noun
27 Boire to drink Verb
28 Eau (m) water noun
29 Aimer to love, to like Verb
30 Adorer to love Verb
31 Parler to speak Verb
32 La robe dress noun
33 Lire to read  Verb
34 Ecrire to write Verb
35 Le livre book noun
36 la lettre letter noun
37 rouge(s) red adjective
38 le journal newspaper noun
39 le menu menu noun
The verbs Être and Avoir are irregular verbs, that is to say, they do not follow the usual rules when it comes to conjugation. 

Être is conjugated as follows:

Je suis - I am 
Tu es - You are 
Il/ Elle est - He/ She is 
Nous sommes - We are 
Vous êtes - You are (You in either the plural sense, or the formal sense)
Ils/ Elles sont - They are 

Avoir is conjugated as follows:

J'ai - I have
Tu as - You have 
Il/ Elle a - He/ She has 
Nous avons - We have
Vous avez - You have 
Ils/ Elles ont - They have 

Manger is a regular ER verb, which means that all regular ER ending verbs are conjugated in the same format:

Je mange - I eat 
Tu manges - You eat 
Il/ Elle mange - He/ She eats
Nous mangeons - We eat (Note: Manger is among the exceptions in ER verbs that retain the E here)
Vous mangez - You eat 
Ils/ Elles mangent - They eat 

Jouer is another ER verb conjugated similarly:

Je joue - I play 
Tu joues - You play 
Il/Elle joue - He/ She plays 
Nous jouons - We play 
Vous jouez - You play 
Ils/ Elles jouent - They play 

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