Bald geht's wieder los...

Dear German students!

School is nearly back and this site will be a resource you can use for free to deepen your knowledge of German and the people who speak it.

This is as good a time as any to know German as well as Germany ( not to mention Austria, Switzerland & loads of other places). The language is the most spoken first language of the EU, the language of its largest economy and one of our main trading partners (Germany).

If that's not enough, over a thousand years of history and culture show one thing: you don't understand Europe unless you understand Germany first.

So get cracking and see how easy it is to learn experience the exciting world your learning will open up for you.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen,



CBC German Department

Frohe Ostern!!

Happy Easter to all our students, in particular the 6th years, who have completed the Muendliche Pruefung component of their Leaving Certifcate. Well done on this important miletsone in your exam!

Dinner For One

For some inexplicable reason, on Sylvester (new year's eve) Germans watch this short sketch by Freddie Frinton, an English comedian from the old music hall days. On this day, you can't switch the channel without it being shown. The sketch is of a 90 year old woman - Miss Sophie - celebrating her birthday. Though all her invited friends have died, James, her butler, has to pretend that they are all there. 'Same procedure as last year?' he asks. 'Same procedure as every year, James', replies Miss Sophie. People can use the phrase 'same procedure as..' and everyone knows the reference. Enjoy!

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Plusquamperfekt - The Pluperfect in German

The Plusquamperfekt/pluperfect is basically a fancy version of the Perfekt/perfect. The only difference is that the auxiliary verbs 'haben' and 'sein' are used in the Imperfekt/Praeteritum/simple past tense instead of the Praesens/present as you do in the Perfekt/perfect

click here to find a really good blog with audio podcast explaining how the whole thing works.

Dienstag der 2.11.10

TY: click here for info on Klee
below is the video for 2 Fragen

 

2002 Link

Below is the link to check your answers for Text II of the 2002 paper.


Herr Morgan



2002 Leaving Cert German (Higher) Marking Scheme