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Topic test · A2

Indefinite pronouns test

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Topic test

10 questions, easy to hard

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Hier man nicht parken.

You can’t park here.

darf. man is always conjugated like the 3rd person singular (er/sie/es).

Ich habe gestern getroffen.

I met someone yesterday.

jemanden. treffen takes the Akkusativ, so it is jemanden.

Hast du geholfen?

Did you help someone?

jemandem. helfen takes the Dativ, so it has to be jemandem.

Which one is wrong?

Alle Mensch is wrong. alle always needs a plural noun (Menschen).

Ich kann sehen. Es ist zu dunkel.

I can’t see anything.

nichts (nothing) is for things. niemand means “no one”.

ist hier. Der Raum ist leer.

No one is here. The room is empty.

Niemand. When you talk about people, it means “no one”.

Tag lerne ich Deutsch.

I learn German every day.

Jeden. Expressions of time used without a preposition take the Akkusativ (jeden Tag).

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Hier darf man nicht rauchen. General bans are expressed with man (the indefinite subject). The verb is conjugated like the 3rd person singular.

Ich helfe niemanden. — this sentence is grammatically correct.

False. helfen takes the Dativ: Ich helfe niemandem. niemanden is the Akkusativ form.

Ich brauche Zeit.

I need some time.

etwas. It is used for amounts of uncountable nouns and means “some / a little”.
Quick rules

The rules in three lines

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  1. man is conjugated like er/sie/es

    The general subject man always takes the 3rd person singular verb form.

    Man spricht Deutsch.

  2. jeder is singular, alle is plural

    jeder/jede/jedes goes with singular nouns, alle with plural nouns.

    Jeder Tag ist schön. Alle Tage sind schön.

  3. jemand and niemand take case endings

    Add -en for the Akkusativ and -em for the Dativ.

    Ich sehe jemanden. Ich helfe jemandem.

Traps

Commonly mixed up

Where a direct translation breaks. The hard questions come from here.

  • Man können das machen.

    Man kann das machen.

    man is not plural; it takes the 3rd person singular form.

  • Alle Kind spielt.

    Jedes Kind spielt. (or: Alle Kinder spielen.)

    alle cannot be used with a singular noun.