| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Mein Bein (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Mein Bein (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| tut weh |
| tut weh |
| Mein Bein tut weh. |
| Mein Bein tut weh. |
| "My leg hurts." |
| We use tut weh here because Bein is singular. For one body part, the verb form is tut. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Meine Ohren (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Meine Ohren (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| tun weh |
| tun weh |
| Meine Ohren tun weh. |
| Meine Ohren tun weh. |
| "My ears hurt." |
| We use tun weh here because Ohren is plural. When you talk about more than one body part, the verb changes to tun. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Mein Zahn (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Mein Zahn (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| tut weh |
| tut weh |
| Mein Zahn tut weh. |
| Mein Zahn tut weh. |
| "My tooth hurts." |
| We use tut weh here because Zahn is just one tooth, and with a single body part, the correct form is tut. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Meine |
| Meine Hände |
| Meine Hände tun |
| Meine Hände tun weh. |
| "My hands hurt." |
| Meine Hände tun weh. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Mein Fuß (tun weh or tut weh). |
| Mein Fuß (tun weh or tut weh). |
| tut weh |
| tut weh |
| Mein Fuß tut weh. |
| "My foot hurts." |
| We use tut weh here because Fuß is a singular body part. With one body part, the correct verb form is tut in the singular. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Meine Schultern (tut weh or tun weh). |
| Meine Schultern (tut weh or tun weh). |
| tun weh |
| tun weh |
| Meine Schultern tun weh. |
| "My shoulders hurt." |
| We use tun weh here because Schultern is plural. When you talk about more than one body part, the verb switches to the plural form tun. |
| Let's translate some sentences into German. |
| Translate "I have a headache." into German. |
| Ich, meaning "I," |
| followed by |
| habe, the present tense of haben, meaning "have," |
| next |
| Kopfschmerzen, meaning "a headache." |
| In German, "headache" is usually plural: Kopfschmerzen ("headaches"), so we say Ich habe Kopfschmerzen (no article), not the singular. |
| Ich habe Kopfschmerzen. |
| Ich habe Kopfschmerzen. |
| "I have a headache." |
| Translate "I have a fever." into German. |
| Ich, meaning "I," |
| followed by |
| habe, meaning "have," |
| next |
| Fieber, meaning "fever." |
| We use Fieber here because it is an uncountable neuter noun in German. It doesn't take an article like ein, so we simply say Ich habe Fieber. |
| Ich habe Fieber. |
| Ich habe Fieber. |
| "I have a fever." |
| Translate "I have a sore throat." into German. |
| Ich, meaning "I," |
| followed by |
| habe, meaning "have," |
| next |
| Halsschmerzen, meaning "a sore throat." |
| German treats "sore throat" as plural Halsschmerzen ("throat pains"), so we say Ich habe Halsschmerzen (no article). |
| Ich habe Halsschmerzen. |
| Ich habe Halsschmerzen. |
| "I have a sore throat." |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which body part is mentioned in the sentences? |
| Mein Bein tut weh. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Mein Bein tut weh. |
| Did you hear Bein? Bein means "leg." |
| How about...? |
| Meine Hände tun weh. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Meine Hände tun weh. |
| Did you hear Hände? Hände means "hands." |
| Next… |
| Mein Zahn tut weh. |
| One more time. |
| Mein Zahn tut weh. |
| Did you hear Zahn? Zahn means "tooth." |
| And... |
| Mein Fuß tut weh. |
| One more time. |
| Mein Fuß tut weh. |
| Did you hear Fuß? Fuß means "foot." |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to talk about health problems in German. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| Bis bald! |
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