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Food 1
PRACTICE
Tips and notes

Ich habe Hunger!

As mentioned in the "Accusative" lesson, Ich habe Hunger. (I am hungry.)
haben is not used in the sense of "I'm
Ich habe Durst. (I am thirsty.)
having bread" or "I'm having tea" in
German. Ich habe Brot only translates to Sie hat Recht. (She is right.)
"I have bread".
Er hat Angst. (He is afraid.)
German uses haben in some instances
where English uses "to be":

Compound words
A compound word is a word that Sometimes, there's a connecting sound
consists of two or more words. These (Fugenlaut) between two elements.
are written as one word (no spaces).
die Orange + der Saft = der
The gender of a compound noun is Orangensaft
always determined by its last element. der Hund + das Futter = das
This shouldn't be too difficult to Hundefutter (the dog food)
remember, because the last element is
die Liebe + das Lied = das Liebeslied
always the most important one. All the
(the love song)
previous elements merely describe the
last element. der Tag + das Gericht = das
Tagesgericht (dish of the day)
die Autobahn (das Auto + die Bahn)

der Orangensaft (die Orange + der

Saft)

das Hundefutter (der Hund + das

Futter)

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Mittagessen — lunch or dinner?

We're aware that "dinner" is sometimes Mittagessen as "lunch", and
used synonymously with "lunch", but for "dinner/supper" as Abendessen /
the purpose of this course, we're Abendbrot.
defining Frühstück as "breakfast",

Cute like sugar!

The word süß means "sweet" when Der Zucker ist süß. (The sugar is
referring to food, and "cute" when sweet.)
referring to living beings. Die Katze ist süß. (The cat is cute.)

Does Gemüse mean "vegetable" or "vegetables"?

In German, Gemüse is used as a mass singular and takes a singular verb.
noun. That means it's grammatically

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