In the previous post we learned that every noun is associated with an article. Irrespective of the fact whether that noun is masculine, feminine or neutral in its singular form, its article changes to die in its plural form. So we know that article changes, but what about that noun itself? Well, it changes too. For example, in English, plural form of car is cars. Basically "s" is suffixed with car to change its singular form to plural form. Likewise in German, there are certain endings which are suffixed with a noun to change it from its singular form to plural form, which are as follows: S.No. Ending Singular Form Plural Form 1 ~(ä/ö/ü)-- No Ending das Kabel der Computer der Apfel die Tochter die Kabel die Computer die Äpfel die Töchter 2 ~s der Kuli das Auto die Kulis die Autos 3 ~n die Tasche die Regel die Taschen die Regeln 4 ~(s)e der ...
Hallo! Guten Tag! I'm sure that someone who doesn't have any exposure to this language would surely think: "How am I gonna pronounce all this?" So here's a link wherein you can find pronunciation of German words: http://en.pons.com/translate Having said that, I would suggest you to go through the following video. It covers the counting from 1-100. I know it's slightly [actually verrryyy] long video. So here's a shorter one. But it only covers counting from 1-10. Sing along!! Few Tips Hearing would definitely help you know the pronunciation of a certain word, but if you really want to speak any language fluently, then PRACTICE!! Practice in front of mirror and say the words out loud. Try talking in German with somebody who already knows this language. Luckily, my brother had also studied German. So we used to talk in German to get hold of the accent. While hearing any audio, repeat along with it. If it's a song, then sing al...
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!...
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