Tragen

Instead of "anhaben" the verb "tragen" is often used. The sentences from above would then be: "Ich trage einen Mantel." ("I'm wearing a coat." ) "Was trgst du?" ("What are you wearing?") "Du willst einen Mantel tragen." ("You want to wear a coat.") "Willst du eine Bluse tragen?" ("Do you want to wear a blouse?") The verb "tragen" has two meanings: "to wear" and "to carry". So if someone says "Ich trage Schuhe" only the context will tell you whether the person is carrying the shoes in his hands or actually wearing them. Tragen is a different kind of irregular verb -- one that not only changes at the end of the word, but also changes internally. Notice that the vowel in tragen's second and third-person forms changes from an a into an . Other verbs with similar conjugation patterns include fahren, graben, schaffen, and waschen.

Person 1st 2nd

Singular ich du

Plural

trage wir tragen trgst ihr tragt sie tragen

3rd er/sie/es trgt

[edit]Colors
Color are also another great way to describe clothes like Das rote Hemd passt gut.which means The red shirt fits well. Read the following paragraph, try to find the words described to have a color. Wir fahren in den Schwarzwald. Ich habe ein grnes Hemd getragen. Die Reise war lang. Es begann klter zu werden und abzukhlen. Ich hrte Musik auf meinem braunen iPod. Ich bin schlielich eingeschlafen. Als ich aufwachte, sah ich den blauen Himmel und den weien Schnee. If you found 5 words you are right. Schwarz which means black (the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) is a wooded mountain range) Grnes Hemd which is a green shirt. Brauner iPod which is a brown iPod. Blauer Himmel which is blue sky. And weier Schnee which is white snow. And now for the actual colors...

Red Blue Green Orange Violet Yellow Brown Indigo Gray Black White

"Rot" "Blau" "Grn" "Orange" "Violett" "Gelb" "Braun" "Indigo" "Grau" "Schwarz" "Wei"

German Math
In written German, a comma is used (e. g. in prices) where we would put a decimal point in English. Thus 5,49 (or 5,49 ) means five euros and fourty-nine cents. When a price ends in a round number of euros, it is most commonly written as 5,- etc. The reverse is also true. Where as English uses a comma to split up large numbers, German uses a dot. So " 6.945" means sechs tausend neunhundertfnfundvierzig (six thousand nine hundred and forty-five) euros - not six point nine four five euros. [

edit]Clothing
Vocabulary: Clothes Kleidung

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English Skirt Pullover Sweatshirt Scarf Jacket Coat Shirt T-shirt der Rock, die Rcke (plural) der Pullover, die Pullover das Sweatshirt, die Sweatshirts der Schal, die Schale/Schals die Jacke, die Jacken der Mantel, die Mntel das Hemd, die Hemden das T-Shirt, die T-Shirts

German

Sweater (Neck)tie Bowtie Suit Pants Underpants Boxershorts Top Bra

der Sweater, die Sweater die Krawatte, die Krawatten die Fliege, die Fliegen der Anzug, die Anzge die Hose, die Hosen (note: "die Hose IST"="the (pair of) pants ARE") die Unterhose, die Unterhosen die Boxershorts (plural) das Top der Bstenhalter/der Busenhalter (abbr. BH), die Bstenhalter/Busenhalter

Swimming costume der Badeanzug, die Badeanzge Trunks Hat Shoe Sock Stocking Tights/Pantyhose Glove Blouse Cap Woollen hat die Badehose, die Badehosen der Hut, die Hte der Schuh, die Schuhe die Socke, die Socken der Strumpf, die Strmpfe die Strumpfhose, die Strumpfhosen der Handschuh, die Handschuhe die Bluse, die blusen die Mtze, die Mtzen die Wollmtze, die Wollmtzen