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Example:  Paul   liest  (lesen) die Zeitung. Explanation: Paul is the subject of the sentence. 3rd Person Singular. Hence, liest. 1.  Seeta and Geeta   .................. (fahren) nach Neu Delhi. 2.  .................. (Sein)  du Shashank? 3. Er   .................. (sehen) einen Film. 4. Marie  .................. (schlafen) 7 Stunden jeden Tag. 5.  Steffi Graf  .................. (sein) sehr gute Tennisspielerin. 6. Er  .................. ( heißen ) Ankit. 7. Sie   .................. ( heißen ) Shruti. Explanation: "Sie" is capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence. Here it is 3rd person Singular. The literal meaning of this sentence is: "She is called as Shruti.", but in English we generally say: "She is Shruti" or "Her name is Shruti".  8.  .................. ( heißen ) Sie   Herr Aggarwal? Explanation: In this case, "Sie" is second person singular (formal way of add...

Example:  Paul wohnt  (wohnen) in Berlin.  Explanation: Paul is the subject of the sentence. 3rd Person Singular. Hence, wohnt. 1. Seeta and Geeta   .................. (wohnen) in Neu Delhi. 2.  .................. (trinken) du Kaffee? 3.  .................. (kommen) Sie aus Indien? 4. Ich  .................. (arbeiten) viel. 5. Steffi Graf  .................. (kommen) aus Deutschland. 6. Wir  .................. (lernen) Deutsch. 7. Jaideep   .................. (spielen) Fu ßball gern. 8. Maria  .................. (machen) die Hausaufgabe. 9. Der Lehrer  .................. (fragen) und die Sc hüler   .................. (antworten). 10. D ie Sc hüler   .................. (gehen) ins Schulzimmer. 11.   .................. (lernen) Sie immer den Artikel und den Plural! 12. Ich     .................. (brauchen) ein Taxi. 13. Er   .................. (stehen) vor meinem H...

Hallo! Guten Tag! :) Before getting to the point (which is personal pronouns and verb conjugation), I would like to share the question that I'm quite frequently faced with. Last time it happened as follows: It was a slow office day. I had been wondering what to do. Luckily, a friend stopped by at my seat. Friend: So.. Wassup? Me: Well.. I've recently started blogging. Here it is: http://www.deutschmadeeasier.com/ Friend: Cool! So you know German. Say something in German! Me: Okay.. Mein Name is Shruti. Ich komme aus Indien. Ich bin Ingeneurin von Beruf. Ich bin.. Friend: Slow!! I don't know German. Anyway, tell me.. How do you say "I love you." in German? So, this is the most frequently asked question. Now, coming back to the point. In "I love you." : "I" and "you" are personal pronouns. "to love" is the verb of the sentence. "I" is the subject of the sentence, i.e., it takes the nominative cas...

Die Farbe von etwas ist _____. _____ ist meine Lieblingsfarbe. [The color of something is _____. _____ is my favorite color.] Corresponding to each of the following object, write the above statements. For example: Silver is called  silber  in German. Link for the list of colors:  die Farben Do add the new words in your singular-plural table!

Here's the conjugation + meaning of modal verbs for reference: For details on Modalverben, you may refer:  Modal Verben  and  Modal Verben: Continued . Now let's attempt the following exercises: 1. Ergänzen Sie! Mahesh __________ [wollen] in Berlin studieren. Wir __________ [sollen] viel trinken. Wann __________ [ m öchten ] du gehen? Ich __________ [k önnen ] sehr gut kochen. Er __________ [wollen] spielen. Was __________ [sollen] wir machen? Sie __________ [ d ü rfen ] nicht hier rauchen. __________ [k önnen ] du Klavier spielen? Du __________ [m üssen ] lernen. Aman __________ [ m öchten ] ein Bier und ich __________ [ m öchten ] Wasser. 2. Bitte bilden Sie die Sätze! man / essen /  d ü rfen / hier / nicht. sollen / spazierengehen / Sie / jeden Tag / sollen. m öchten / ich / fahren / nach Deutschland. im Goethe-Institut / man / feiern / nicht /  d ü rfen / Holi. m öchten /...

Hallo! In the previous post -  Modal Verbe n , modal verbs were introduced, along with their conjugation and usage. Let us now understand their meanings with examples. dürfen [Permission/Prohibition] 1. Hier   darf   man nicht rauchen. One is not allowed to smoke here. 2. Entschuldigung, Sie   dürfen   hier nicht parken. Excuse me, you are not allowed to park here. 3.   Darf   ich ins Kino gehen, Mutter? May I go to the movie theater, mother? können [Ability] 1. Wir  k önnen  heute nicht kommen. We can't come today. 2. Wie  kann  ich Ihnen helfen? How can I help you? 3. Er  kann  schwimmen. He can swim. möchten [Desire/Wish] 1.  Möchtest  du einen Orangensaft? Would you like orange juice? 2. Ich  möchte  Pilot werden. I want to become a pilot. 3. Ich  möchte  gern mitkommen, aber ich muß erst meinen Vater fragen. I would like to come along, ...

By definition, a  modal verb  is an  auxiliary verb  that expresses necessity or possibility. Now the question is:  What exactly is an auxiliary verb?  An  auxiliary verb  is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it appears—for example, to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany a main verb. The main verb provides the main semantic content of the clause. There are 6 modal verbs in German: Verb Meaning Usage dürfen may/ allow/ permit permission, prohibition können can/ able to ability möchten would like to/ want desire, wish müssen must/ have to compulsion sollen shall/ should advice wollen wish/ want demand Modal Verbs' Conjugation: Verb dürfen (may) ich darf wir dürfen du darfst ihr dürft ...

 Hallo! Guten Tag! 🙂 This post is about nominativ (nominative) and akkusativ (accusative) cases. These cases exist in English as well. Therefore, before jumping straight-away to German, let us understand what these cases mean in English. What is nominative case? Nominative case is taken by the sentence’s subject. For example, in sentence: “ The man loves the dog. “, subject is th e man . Therefore, “the man” takes the nominative case in this sentence. What is accusative case? A sentence’s object takes the accusative case. In sentence: “ The man loves the dog. “, object is th e dog .  Therefore, “the dog” takes the accusative case in this sentence. The focus of a sentence is its subject. We really need to have a subject to talk about, right? Verb is generally conjugated according to the subject of the sentence. Second important thing in a sentence is its object. Sentences are mostly incomplete without its object. “ The man loves. “ sounds so incomplete!...

Personalpronomen: ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr, Sie 1. _____ bin Shruti. L ösung: Ich bin Shruti. Notice the conjugated verb. The verb is sein, which has been conjugated here with "ich".  Since verb is conjugated according to the subject, t he verb conjugation sure tells you about the nominative object. More on verb conjugation: Verb Conjugation of Irregular Verbs 2. Wo ist die Lehrerin? - Kommt _____ nicht? L ösung:  Wo ist die Lehrerin ? - Kommt sie nicht? As mentioned in  Personal Pronouns and Verb Conjugation ,  the nouns are replaced by the pronouns based on their articles. Die Lehrerin = Feminine, 3rd Person, Singular = she = sie 3. Was lernst _____, Ankit? - _____ lerne Deutsch. 4. Arbeitet Shashank  viel? - Ja, _____ arbeitet viel. 5. Kostet die Brille  viel? - Nein, _____ ist billig. 6. Wo ist die Landkarte ? - _____ liegt hier. 7. Kommen _____ aus Nepal, Herr Gupta? - Nein, _____ komme aus Indien. 8. Wo ist der Brief ? - Hier...

Dative Verbs are those verbs that put the object in a sentence in dative case, in spite of the fact that the object that is being put in dative case might just seem an accusative object. Ich liebe dich. Ich helfe dir. Notice that just because helfen  is a dative verb, du has taken the dative case in "Ich helfe dir" . But since lieben is not a dative verb, du has taken the accusative case in "Ich liebe dich." . Here are some of the common dative verbs along with their conjugation: Verb antworten  (to answer) ich antworte wir antworten du antwortest ihr antwortet er/sie/es antwortet sie/Sie antworten Verb danken  (to thank) ich danke wir danken du dankst ihr dankt er/sie/es dankt sie/Sie danken Verb gefallen  (to like) ich gefalle wir gefallen du gefällst ihr gefallt er/sie/es ...