Inside This Unit: The Full Breakdown
Theme 3 (Beauty & Aesthetics) adds adjective endings, comparison, and relative clauses.
Why it matters
Adjective endings and comparison let you express opinions about art and culture.
Key concepts
- Adjective endings depend on gender, case, and article type.
- Comparative -er + als; superlative am …-sten.
- Subordinate clauses send the verb to the end.
Adjectives and Comparison
Apply adjective endings, compare with -er…als and am …-sten, and build relative clauses (verb-final). Predicate adjectives after sein take no ending.
AP exam tip
Watch word order: in subordinate/relative clauses, the conjugated verb goes last.
Connections to other units
- Theme 2: Builds on case knowledge.
- Theme 4: Subordinate-clause order recurs.
