Y10 translation take 2

I get on well with my sister

Answer explanation

Don't forget "mich" after verstehe.

Literally: I get myself on well with...

Verstehen also means understand, you need "gut" to make it mean "get on well"

Last summer we went to Spain

Answer explanation

Sommer is masculine, so last needs the masculine ending "en" (letzten)

For the past tense you need 3 parts:

wir / sind / gefahren

When I was younger I had a dog

Answer explanation

There are 3 words for "when" in German. When in the past is "als".

Remember the word order:

Als is a verb kicker, then you need verb, verb:

war, hatte

Yesterday I ate pizza although it was unhealthy

Answer explanation

Remember: 3 parts to a past tense sentence:

ich / habe / gegessen

obwohl is a verb kicker, so it sends "war" to the end

We sometimes watch TV in the evenings

Answer explanation

Remember word order: the verb is always second idea

So after "abends" or "am Abend" you need te verb "sehen"

I am looking forward to my friends, because they are important to me

Answer explanation

sie sind mir wichtig - literal translation, "they are me important"

Some expressions in German use mir/dir, watch out for them!

E.g. Wie geht's (dir)? How are you?

I would never go snowboarding, because it's dangerous

Answer explanation

when you have two verbs in a sentence (e.g. would and go)

the main verb goes to the end, and ends in 'en' (the infinitive form)

I found the film disappointing

Answer explanation

Ich habe ... gefunden

Ich fand ....

Both these forms mean "I found" (the first one is literally I have found)

Film is masculine, so use "den" (I am the subject, the film is the object, so der changes to den)

We are not allowed to wear trainers

Answer explanation

The form of "are allowed" for we:

wir dürfen

My uncle reads a book in the living room

Answer explanation

Lesen is an irregular verb:

ich lese

du liest

er/sie liest

We need to add an 'i' to the stem