This is the test from the first grader reader used in Kaiserslautern Scholls in 1957. The German text is exactly as it appeared in the book. Thus, this is sound German Text.
121a - First 20 pages of the book: first day of school, working, playing and study at home
122b - Next xx pages
Notice we can let this 80 page book begin on ger121.htm and let it continue on pages 121a thru 121z provided we put several book pages on one web page. This makes planning the book and website simple.
ger121.htm should be the index only. put the first 20page ofbook on ger121a.htm
Seite 4 Bild = Page 4 is the first page of text for the pupils. Kids are coming to first day of school. Heiner has climbed up ladders left by workmen and is asleep in the stork's nest of the shool roof. The kids are carrying the orange cones which contain school supplies and have rucksacks on their backs with books and paper. Notice that the first lessons have sentences without punctuation or Capitalization of first letter, but each is a complete sentence. Thus only nouns are capitalized so the kids are not confused.
da ist Heiner
da ist Hans
da ist die Schule
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there is Henry
there is John
there is the school
Mama ist da
Hans ist da
da ist Heiner
da is Elsa
da ist das Wasser
Mom is there
Hans is there
There is Henry.
There is Elsa.
There is the water.
Seite 6 - In the classroom. Male teacher at desk on a platform. Kids are placing large name tags on door (Tü), book (Buch), blackboard (Tafel).
da ist die Schule
die Tür ist da
das Buch ist da
die Tafel ist da
There is the school.
The door is there.
The book is there.
The blackboard is there.
Siete 7 - School is out. The school sits like a house on a street corner in the main part of town. Heavy traffic on all four streets: a truck (Lastkartewagon), a Volkswagen beetle (das Auto), A woman is pulling a wagon containing a bag. Kinds are leaving school, some waiting to cross strasse.
die Schule ist aus
da kommt der Wagen
da kommt das Auto
da kommt das Rad
- - -
School is out.
There comes the wagon. (being pulled by a woman)
There comes the car.
There comes the bicycle. (One lucky kid does not have to walk home)
Seite 8 - a pretty scene of kids playing in street near the last house in town. Hans is wearing his dad's hat and Opa's cane and leaving town. Elsa is pretending to cry as the grandfather (Hans) is leaving. Heiner playing father (Vater) is comforting her.
das ist der Hans
Elsa ist die Mama
Heiner ist der Papa
da ist der Hut
der Hut ist groß
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This is Hans
Elsa is the mother
Henry is the father
There is the Hat.
The hat is large or big.
der Garten ist groß
da ist der Zaun
da ist das Haus
da ist der Baum
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The garden is large.
There is the fence. (it is a picket fence)
There is the house.
There is the tree.
Mama ist im Laden
Heiner ist im Laden
Hans ist im Laden
im Laden ist Brot
der Laden ist groß
das Brot ist groß
Mother is in the store.
Henry is in the store.
John is in the store.
Bread is in the store.
The store is large
The bread is big.
ist die Mama da
ja die Mama ist da
ist Hans da
ja Hans ist da
ist Elsa da
nein Elsa ist im Laden
wo ist Heiner
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Is the mother there?
Yes, the mother is there.
Is Hans there?
Yes, Hans is there.
Is Elsa there?
No, Elsa is in the store
Where is Henry?
From: Silke <silke@home.centernet.de>
Hi Gregory,
> Sagt man eigentlich "hallo"? Wann ich in Deutschland war hörte ich es gar > nie.
Also ich sage "Hallo", ausser zu älteren Herrschaften oder bei sehr formalen Anlässen, eigentlich immer, genau wie die meisten meiner Freunde und Bekannten. Allerdings ist es auch eine Sache des Alters. Guten Tag ist auf alle Fälle immer akzeptiert und bei allen Gelegenheiten passend.
> Gregory Ross > > P.S. > Someone help me, please. "Wann ich in Deutschland war" doesn't sound right > to me. Is it? How should I say "When I was in Germany"?
Als ich in Deutschland war.... is the right form.
Silke
Edited by Harold Eddleman, Ph. D., President, Indiana Biolab, 14045 Huff St., Palmyra IN 47164