In this video, I’ll be revealing some hidden secrets about gender assignment in German. While many believe that German gender is completely random, it’s actually far more regular than you might think. Based on research into how German children acquire gender, I’ll show you the patterns behind it.
Plus, I’ll be offering Noun Town some fresh ideas for how to split nouns. Beyond just separating by syllables, nouns can also be split at the boundary of suffixes and pseudo-suffixes. This method can help you get a better grasp of German gender assignment.
Reference for today’s video:
Wegner, Heide (1995). Das Genus im Daz-Erwerb. Beobachtungen an Kindern aus Polen, Russland und der Türkei. In. Handwerker, B. (ed.) Fremdsprache Deutsch: grammatische Beschreibung- Erwerbsverläufe-Lehrmethodik. Tübingen: Gunter Narr. S. 1-24
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