Add Wortschatz & Grammatik A1 Abschnitt A, switch Ergaenzung to per-section filing

Uses the book's own lettered Inhalt structure (Abschnitt A-Q) instead of
per-sub-exercise files, since sub-exercises are often half a page each.
Section A covers Person, Familie und Freunde (pp. 8-18), cross-referenced
against Menschen Lektion 1 and 3.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Wortschatz & Grammatik A1 (`wortschatz-grammatik-a1/`) ## Wortschatz & Grammatik A1 (`wortschatz-grammatik-a1/`)
| Einheit | Title/Topic | Relates to Menschen Lektion(en) | Status | Filed one section per lettered Abschnitt (matching the book's own Inhalt),
|---|---|---|---| not per tiny sub-exercise (A1, A2 ...) — sub-exercises are summarized
inside each Abschnitt file instead.
| Abschnitt | Title/Topic | Pages | Relates to Menschen Lektion(en) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | [Person, Familie und Freunde](wortschatz-grammatik-a1/abschnitt-a.md) | 818 | L1, L3 | done |
## Hören & Sprechen A1 (`hoeren-sprechen-a1/`) ## Hören & Sprechen A1 (`hoeren-sprechen-a1/`)
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# [Book] — Einheit XX: [Title/Topic] # [Book] — Abschnitt X: [Title/Topic]
Pages: [XXYY] Pages: [XXYY] · Sub-exercises: [e.g. A1A17]
Note: file one section per book-defined chapter/letter (matching its own
Inhaltsverzeichnis), not per tiny sub-exercise — summarize sub-exercises
inside this file's Exercise summary instead.
## Overview ## Overview
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# Wortschatz & Grammatik A1 — Abschnitt A: Person, Familie und Freunde
Seiten 818 (Teil 1 Wortschatz) · Lösungen S. 108109 · Übungen A1A17
## Overview
- Skill focus: Wortschatz (vocabulary drill — fill-in-the-blank, matching,
sorting exercises; no audio in this book)
- Topic: greetings, personal/registration info, countries & nationalities,
du/Sie, continents, family, physical appearance
- Relates to *Menschen* Lektion(en): **L1** (greetings, du/Sie, personal
info, countries), **L3** (family members — "Das ist meine Mutter").
Physical-appearance adjectives (A17) and the full du/Sie usage rules (A10)
go **beyond** what Menschen A1.1 covers explicitly — flagged below.
## Vocabulary / Grammar covered
### Begrüßung / Verabschiedung (A2, A3)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Guten Morgen. | Good morning. | until ~11 Uhr |
| Guten Tag. | Hello/Good day. | in a shop, 1118 Uhr |
| Grüß Gott. | Hello. | Austria & southern Germany |
| Grüezi. | Hello. | Switzerland |
| Hallo./Hi. | Hi. | informal, young people |
| Servus. | Hi. / Bye. | Austria/southern Germany, both greeting & farewell |
| Tschau./Tschüs. | Bye. | informal |
| (Auf) Wiedersehen. | Goodbye. | formal / in a shop |
| Gute Nacht. | Good night. | ~22 Uhr onward |
| Bis bald. | See you soon. | |
### Anmeldeformular / persönliche Angaben (A4A7)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| der Familienname, -n | surname | |
| der Vorname, -n | first name | |
| das Geburtsdatum, -en | date of birth | |
| die Nationalität, -en | nationality | |
| die Straße, -n | street | |
| die Hausnummer, -n | house number | |
| die Postleitzahl, -en | postal code | |
| der Wohnort, -e | place of residence | |
| die Unterschrift, -en | signature | |
| der Familienstand | marital status | ledig/verheiratet/geschieden |
| ledig | single | |
| verheiratet | married | |
| geschieden | divorced | |
| der Geburtsort, -e | place of birth | |
| männlich / weiblich | male / female | Geschlecht |
| verwandt | related | |
| buchstabieren | to spell | Können Sie den Namen buchstabieren? |
### Länder und Leute (A8, A9)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| die Schweiz | Switzerland | takes article; der Schweizer / die Schweizerin; schweizerisch |
| Österreich | Austria | no article; der Österreicher / die Österreicherin; österreichisch |
| Deutschland | Germany | no article; der Deutsche / die Deutsche; deutsch |
| die Türkei | Turkey | takes article |
| der Iran / der Irak | Iran / Iraq | takes article |
| die USA (Pl) | USA | plural, takes article |
| die Niederlande (Pl) | Netherlands | plural, takes article |
### Kontinente (A11)
Amerika, Europa, Asien, Afrika, Australien.
### Familie (A12A14)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| der Vater, -̈ | father | |
| die Mutter, -̈ | mother | |
| der Sohn, -̈e | son | |
| die Tochter, -̈ | daughter | |
| der Großvater, -̈ | grandfather | |
| die Großmutter, -̈ | grandmother | |
| das Baby, -s | baby | takes **das** despite being a person |
| der Hund, -e | dog | |
| die Eltern (Pl) | parents | plural only |
| der Bruder, -̈ | brother | |
| die Schwester, -n | sister | |
### Personenbezeichnungen, männlich/weiblich (A13)
| männlich | weiblich |
|---|---|
| der Herr | die Dame |
| der Junge (A: der Bub) | das Mädchen |
| der Ehemann | die Ehefrau |
| der Freund | die Freundin |
| der Partner | die Partnerin |
### Kontakte — nützliche Verben (A16)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| kennen | to know (a person) | Ich kenne dich seit ... |
| sich sehen | to see each other | Wann sehen wir uns? |
| mögen | to like | |
| gern haben | to be fond of | |
| gefallen | to please/appeal | Hat dir der Film gefallen? |
| sich interessieren für | to be interested in | Was interessiert ihn? |
| anrufen | to call (phone) | separable |
| schicken | to send | eine SMS schicken |
| bekommen | to receive | |
### Aussehen — Adjektivpaare (A17) — *beyond Menschen A1.1*
schön ↔ hässlich, jung ↔ alt, klein ↔ groß, dick ↔ dünn, lang ↔ kurz.
## Grammar (Tipp-Boxen in diesem Abschnitt)
- **Nomen schreibt man groß**, und man lernt sie am besten mit Artikel +
Plural: die Straße, die Straßen; die Stadt, die Städte; das Land, die
Länder.
- **Länder ohne Artikel** (most countries): Österreich, Deutschland,
Frankreich, Italien, Brasilien, Russland, Japan ...
**Länder mit Artikel**: die Schweiz, die Türkei, der Iran, der Irak, die
USA (Pl), die Niederlande (Pl).
- **Genus bei Personen**: weibliche Personen → **die** (die Frau, die
Freundin, die Tochter); männliche Personen → **der** (der Mann, der
Freund, der Sohn). Ausnahme: **das** Baby, **das** Mädchen (grammatical
neuter despite natural gender).
- **du oder Sie?** — im Zweifel **Sie** sagen (immer höflich; man kann
später zum Du wechseln). Rule of thumb from A10: colleagues often use
du; boss↔employee often Sie; children to strangers always Sie; young
people (under ~25) to each other du; strangers over 25 to each other Sie;
friends always du; adults to children/teens (up to ~15) du; students to
students du. This is more explicit than anything *Menschen* A1.1 spells
out directly.
## Exercise summary
1. **A1 Guten Tag** — fill in greeting-scene dialogue vocab (Tag, Name,
Frau, Kollege, heißt/heiße/bin).
2. **A2 Hallo …** — match greeting phrases to time-of-day/region.
3. **A3 … und Tschüs** — match farewell phrases to situation.
4. **A4 Anmeldeformular** — label the fields of a registration form.
5. **A5 Der Name die Namen** — give definite article + plural for 8
nouns from the form.
6. **A6 Wie ist Ihr Name?** — complete a registration interview dialogue
(fill correct verb forms).
7. **A7 Zur Person** — odd-one-out (which word doesn't belong).
8. **A8 Land und Leute** — complete country/nationality/adjective triples
for Switzerland, Austria, Germany.
9. **A9 Ich** — personal fact sheet to fill in about yourself (open task).
10. **A10 Du oder Sie?** — tick du or Sie for 8 social situations.
11. **A11 Kontinente** — label the 5 continents.
12. **A12 Familienfoto** — label 8 family members in a photo.
13. **A13 Herr/Dame etc.** — pair male/female personal nouns.
14. **A14 Meine Familie** — multiple-choice sentence completion (family).
15. **A15 Einladungskarte** — put a birthday-invitation letter's sentences
in the right order.
16. **A16 Kontakte** — two fill-in dialogues about friendship/contact,
correct verb forms required.
17. **A17 Wie sehen sie aus?** — label 5 opposite-adjective pairs
describing appearance.
## Answer key highlights
- A1: *Tag; Name; Frau* / *Kollege; Freut mich; guten; Tag* / *bin; heißt;
heiße* / *Entschuldigung; Ihr; Arbeiten*
- A4: Familienname, Vorname, Geburtsdatum, Nationalität, Straße,
Hausnummer, Postleitzahl, Wohnort (Stadt), Land, Telefonnummer, E-Mail,
Beruf, Unterschrift.
- A8: Schweiz/Schweizer/Schweizerin/schweizerisch;
Österreich/Österreicher/Österreicherin/österreichisch;
Deutschland/Deutscher/Deutsche/deutsch.
- A10: du, Sie, Sie, du, Sie, du, du, du (in the order of the 8 situations
listed above).
- A12: der Vater, die Tochter, das Baby, die Mutter, die Großmutter, der
Sohn, der Hund, der Großvater.
- A15 order: a) → e) → d) → c) → b).
- A17: schönhässlich, jungalt, kleingroß, langkurz, dickdünn.
Full answer text for all 17 sub-exercises is in the source PDF at pp.
108109 if a specific one needs checking beyond what's summarized here.
## Notes / gotchas
- **This book has its own built-in Lösungen** (answer key) at the back of
the PDF — no separate answer-key document needed for this series.
- **A10 (du/Sie) and A17 (appearance adjectives) go beyond Menschen A1.1's
explicit scope** — fine to use for extra vocabulary, but don't assume
this level of nuance on du/Sie usage has been "taught" via Menschen
alone.
- **das Baby, das Mädchen** are grammatically neuter despite referring to
people with natural gender — worth flagging in exercises since it
contradicts the die-Frau/der-Mann pattern just taught.
- Regional variants noted throughout: A = Austria, CH = Switzerland (e.g.
Bub for Junge in Austria, Velo for Fahrrad in Switzerland — general
pattern used across the whole book, not just this section).
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``` ```
Ergaenzung/ Ergaenzung/
wortschatz-grammatik-a1/einheit-XX.md wortschatz-grammatik-a1/abschnitt-X.md
hoeren-sprechen-a1/einheit-XX.md hoeren-sprechen-a1/abschnitt-X.md
lesen-schreiben-a1/einheit-XX.md lesen-schreiben-a1/abschnitt-X.md
_template.md ← template for these files _template.md ← template for these files
INDEX.md ← per-book tables mapping each unit to Menschen Lektion(en) INDEX.md ← per-book tables mapping each section to Menschen Lektion(en)
``` ```
Each `einheit-XX.md` is scoped like a lesson file (vocab/grammar covered, Each `abschnitt-X.md` covers one lettered section as defined by that book's
exercise summary, audio transcript if applicable, answer key highlights, own table of contents (e.g. Wortschatz & Grammatik A1's "A Person, Familie
notes) but adds a **"Relates to Menschen Lektion(en)"** field so a tutor und Freunde", which itself bundles ~17 small sub-exercises) — not one file
session can tell whether content is reinforcing what's already been covered per tiny sub-exercise, since those are often half a page each. It's scoped
in *Menschen* or introducing something new/out-of-scope. like a lesson file (vocab/grammar covered, exercise summary, audio
transcript if applicable, answer key highlights, notes) but adds a
**"Relates to Menschen Lektion(en)"** field so a tutor session can tell
whether content is reinforcing what's already been covered in *Menschen*
or introducing something new/out-of-scope. These books also ship their own
built-in Lösungen (answer key), so no separate answer-key source is needed.
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