Lieblingssachen

Lieblingssachen

Today we are going to learn how to talk about your favourite things.

Have a look at the examples on the next slide.​

Lieblingssachen

Mein Lieblingssport ist Tennis. My favourite sport is tennis.

Mein Lieblingsauto ist ein Porsche. My favourite car is a porsche.

Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist rot. My favourite colour is red.

Meine Lieblingsmannschaft ist Bayern M​ünchen. My favourite team is Bayern Munich.

Lieblingssachen

To talk about your favourite things, you just add Lieblings (favourite) to the noun.

Lieblingsfarbe (favourite colour)

Lieblingssport (favourite sport)

Lieblingsauto​ (favourite car)

Lieblingssachen

The word for "my" also changes, depending on whether the noun is masculine, feminine or neuter.

Mein Lieblingsport (masculine)

Mein Lieblingshaustier (neuter)

Meine Lieblingsfarbe (feminine)​

Lieblingssachen

Sein Lieblingssport ist Tennis his favourite sport is tennis

Seine Lieblingsfarbe ist rot his favourite colour is red

​

Ihr Lieblingssport ist Tennis her favourite sport is tennis

Ihre Lieblingsfarbe ist rot her favourite colour is red

​

The word for his and her also changes based on the gender of the noun​

​​​

​​

Thought process

Here's how to work out the correct word and ending.

1.   Is the sentence referring to my, yours, his or hers? Look for clues to help you. E.g. Herr = Mr, and Frau = Mrs/Ms.

2.   Is the noun masculine, feminine, neuter or plural? Feminine is the easiest to identify, as the ending is usually -e / -ung/ -schaft. Plurals may be followed by a word like ‘sind’ (are).

3.   For feminine and plural nouns, add an -e to the word for his/hers. For masculine or neuter nouns, you don’t need to add an ending.