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Post office, official-office phrases, banking, phone/fax/e-mail, and
police/traffic vocabulary (pp. 57-62). Almost entirely new content
beyond Menschen A1.1, with light Akkusativ/modal-verb pattern overlap.

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# Wortschatz & Grammatik A1 — Abschnitt G: Amt, Post, Bank und Polizei
Seiten 5762 (Teil 1 Wortschatz) · Lösungen S. 111 · Übungen G1G7
## Overview
- Skill focus: Wortschatz (matching, gap-fill dialogues, sentence
building, odd-one-out, picture matching)
- Topic: post office vocabulary, official-office (Amt) dialogue phrases,
banking, phone/fax/e-mail vocabulary, police/traffic vocabulary
- Relates to *Menschen* Lektion(en): mostly **new** — Amt/post/bank/
police vocabulary isn't covered in Menschen A1.1's numbered lessons.
Light overlap with **L6** (Akkusativ — "Ich möchte Briefmarken
bekommen") and general politeness/modal-verb patterns from **L7**
(können — "Kann ich Ihnen helfen?").
## Vocabulary / Grammar covered
### Post (G1, G2)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| der Absender, - | sender | |
| der Empfänger, - | recipient | |
| die Postleitzahl, -en | postal code | |
| die Briefmarke, -n | stamp | |
| die Adresse, -n | address | |
| das Handy, -s | mobile phone | |
| das Päckchen, - | small parcel | A: das Packerl |
| das Paket, -e | parcel/package | |
| das Telefonbuch, -̈er | phone book | |
| die Postkarte, -n | postcard | |
| das Telefon, -e | telephone | |
| abholen | to pick up | |
| abgeben | to hand in/drop off | |
| schicken | to send | |
| ausfüllen | to fill out (a form) | |
| der Ausweis, -e | ID card | |
| wiegen | to weigh | |
| das Gramm / Kilogramm | gram / kilogram | |
| ankommen | to arrive | separable |
### E-Mail, Brief, SMS, Formular (G3)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| bekommen | to receive | |
| schreiben | to write | |
| schicken | to send | |
| ankreuzen | to tick/check (a box) | |
| unterschreiben | to sign | |
| buchstabieren | to spell | |
### Auf dem Amt (G4)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kann ich Ihnen helfen? | Can I help you? | |
| Sie müssen zuerst eine Nummer ziehen. | You must first take a number. | |
| Sie müssen dieses Formular ausfüllen. | You must fill out this form. | |
| Bitte warten Sie einen Moment. | Please wait a moment. | |
| Sie können das Formular hier abgeben. | You can hand in the form here. | |
### Geld / Bank (G5)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| der Geldautomat, -en | ATM | |
| das Konto, Konten | (bank) account | |
| überweisen | to transfer (money) | |
| wechseln | to change/exchange (money) | |
| die IBAN | IBAN | |
| der BIC | BIC/SWIFT code | |
| die Kreditkarte, -n | credit card | |
| die Überweisung, -en | (bank) transfer | |
| die Bank, -en | bank | |
### Telefon, Fax und Handy (G6)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| anrufen | to call (phone) | separable |
| besetzt | busy/engaged (line) | |
| ausmachen | to switch off | |
| das Fax, -e | fax | |
| die Telefonnummer, -n | phone number | |
| das Ausland | abroad | aus dem Ausland anrufen |
| sich verwählt haben | to have misdialed | |
| verstehen | to understand | |
| der Anruf, -e | (phone) call | |
| die Auskunft | directory assistance | |
| die E-Mail-Adresse, -n | e-mail address | |
| das Internet | the internet | ins Internet kommen |
| kaputt (sein) | broken | Mein Computer ist kaputt. |
### Polizei und Verkehr (G7)
| German | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| die Polizeikontrolle, -n | police check | A: Gendarmerie |
| der Führerschein, -e | driver's license | CH: Führerausweis |
| der Pass, -̈e | passport | |
| Sie sind schuld! | It's your fault! | |
| eine Anzeige machen | to file a (police) report | |
| das Parkverbot | no-parking zone | |
| halten | to stop (a vehicle) | |
| volltanken | to fill up (fuel) | |
| das Benzin | petrol/gasoline | |
| der Reifen, - | tire | |
## Grammar (Tipp-Boxen in diesem Abschnitt)
- **das „chen"/„lein"**: nouns ending in **-chen** or **-lein** are
always **das** (neuter) — das Päckchen, das Mädchen, das Brieflein
("kleiner Brief"). Same rule already seen for das Mädchen in Abschnitt
A; this confirms it's a general suffix rule, not a one-off exception.
- **Nomen + passendes Verb**: learn noun+verb collocations together
(eine E-Mail bekommen/schreiben/schicken) rather than words in
isolation — flashcard tip.
- **Verben im Wörterbuch stehen nur im Infinitiv**: dictionaries list
only infinitives (können, not kann/kannst). If a conjugated form isn't
found, add **-en** back and try adjusting the vowel (kann → könn-en,
since modal verbs often have a stem vowel change between singular
present and infinitive).
## Exercise summary
1. **G1 Post und Telefon** — match 11 post/phone nouns to pictures.
2. **G2 Am Schalter** — complete 10 post-office-counter mini-dialogues,
correct verb forms.
3. **G3 E-Mail, Brief, SMS und Formular** — odd-one-out: which verb
doesn't go with the noun.
4. **G4 Auf dem Amt** — unscramble word order to build 5 official-office
phrases.
5. **G5 Geld** — complete 7 banking-situation sentences.
6. **G6 Telefon, Fax und Handy** — complete 12 phone/fax/e-mail-related
situational sentences.
7. **G7 Polizei und Verkehr** — match 6 traffic/police situations
(dialogue snippets) to 6 pictures.
## Answer key highlights
- G2: abholen; Ausweis; abgeben; schicken; Kilogramm; Paket; bekommen;
kriegen; Briefmarken; macht; ausfüllen; bekommen; helfen; anrufen;
Postleitzahl; finden; kostet; Brief; Gramm; ankommt.
- G3: 1. ausfüllen (doesn't fit "eine E-Mail") 2. buchstabieren (doesn't
fit "einen Brief") 3. ankreuzen (doesn't fit "eine SMS") 4. kosten
(doesn't fit "ein Formular").
- G4: "Kann ich Ihnen helfen?"; "Sie müssen zuerst eine Nummer ziehen.";
"Sie müssen dieses Formular ausfüllen."; "Bitte warten Sie einen
Moment."; "Sie können das Formular hier abgeben." / "Sie können hier
das Formular abgeben."
- G5: Geld; Geldautomat; Konto; überweisen; wechseln; IBAN; BIC;
Kreditkarte; Überweisung; Bank.
- G6: anrufen; besetzt; ausmachen; telefonieren; schicken; Fax; E-Mail;
Unterschrift; Brief; Telefonnummer; Ausland; Spreche; verstehe; Anruf;
Auskunft; geben; angekommen; E-Mail-Adresse; Computer; Internet.
- G7: 1→c) 2→d) 3→b) 4→a) 5→f) 6→e).
## Notes / gotchas
- **This section is almost entirely new vocabulary** relative to
Menschen A1.1 — post office, banking, and police/traffic vocabulary
aren't part of the main course's numbered lessons. Safe to introduce
as pure supplementary content.
- **The -chen/-lein neuter-suffix rule is worth reinforcing** as a
standing rule rather than exercise-specific trivia — it reliably
predicts gender regardless of the root noun's own gender (die Karte →
das Kärtchen would still be das, for example).
- **G4's Sie-commands with müssen/können** ("Sie müssen ... ausfüllen",
"Sie können ... abgeben") are a good real-world pattern for modal verb +
Satzklammer, reinforcing the modal-verb bracket structure from
Menschen L7 even though the content itself (Amt vocabulary) is new.
- **Dictionary-lookup tip (G7) is genuinely useful pedagogically**: when
a conjugated irregular verb form can't be found, add back -en and try
alternate vowels — a practical self-study skill worth mentioning to
the student directly, independent of this exercise's content.