3.6 Mein Körper

Guten Tag!

Zum Aufwärmen machen wir unseren Tagesminiplausch und eine Wiederholung.

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned how to express intensity of feelings, ask someone how often they feel certain feelings, and say how often you feel certain feelings. Let’s review!

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In your journal, answer the question “Wie geht’s?” with a nuanced answer (what’s the intensity of that feeling – sehr, etwas, ein bißchen, nicht, gar nicht).  Begin the sentence with, Ich bin… Then state how often you feel that way (immer – oft – manchmal – nie).

Lektionsüberblick

Now that we able able to say something about our inner selves, in this lesson, we will learn how to talk about the physical body in order to describe our physical appearance and generally understand when someone is being described and sometimes understand the description. In the end, you will be able to 1) recognize the words for body parts and name some  and 2) state how many you have of each.

1) Körperteile nennen

Take a look at the Körperteile and their names below. Which body parts do you recognize because the words are cognates, therefore similar to English? Which body part names look different? Listen to the recording and repeat the words aloud. Some of the cognates will sound quite different! As you say the words, hold up or point to that body part.

 

Watch Stephan, a student in Germany, describe Körperteile in this fun, relaxed video.

 


You can check out Deutsche Welle for extra practice with Körperteile.

 

 

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Look over different parts of your body and write down as many words as you can remember. Then check your work with the words above.

2) Körperteile zählen

You might remember from our earlier unit on Familie und Herkunft that there are different ways to make plurals in German.

 

 

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In your written journal, draw a stick figure (Strichmännchen) and list the body parts it has. How many words can you remember? How many plurals can you remember?
Then record yourself saying the sentence aloud. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.

 

Zum Schluß

In this lesson, you learned how to 1) name some body parts and 2) state how many you have of each.

Imagine we have invented a way to speak to aliens – but we can’t see them. They seem to have the same kinds of body parts we have, but not necessarily the same number. Listen to the alien’s description of itself first and draw what you hear. Then read the text and confirm.


Hallo Erdling! Ich habe zwei Köpfe und in jedem Gesicht habe ich ein Auge, zwei Nasen, zwei Münder (einen mit Lippen und einen ohne Lippen), und drei Ohren (also habe ich zwei Augen, vier Nasen, vier Münder, und sechs Ohren). Ich habe natürlich drei Hälse (einen für jeden Kopf) und eine Brust, einen Bauch und einen Rücken. Ich habe vier Arme, also habe ich vier Schulter und vier Ellenbogen. Aber ich habe acht Hände (zwei an jedem Arm) und sechs Finger jeweils an zwei Händen, fünf Finger jeweils an zwei Händen und drei Finger jeweils an vier Händen. Also habe ich vierunddreißig Finger! Ich habe zwei Beine (also auch zwei Knie) und vier Füße (zwei Füße an jedem Bein).
Now it’s your turn to describe yourself to the alien. Model your description on the aliens’ description (you will not need all the parenthetical asides!). Then record yourself in your audio journal. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.
For more practice: meet up with a classmate or communicate online and take turns playing the alien and coming up with different kinds of bodies!

*As you conclude this lesson, don’t forget to check Canvas!*

Before you go, check out…

Learn with Anja: Der Körper

 

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