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! 🙂 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!...
Hallo! Wie geht's? Look around.. What do you see? A television or a laptop? A book? So many things, right? All of these are nouns (obviously!!). In German, each noun has an article associated with it, which is one of the following: der (Masculine): der Bleistift die (Feminine): die Vase das (Neutral): das Kinder die (Plural): die Bleistifte, die Vasen, die Kinder . 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. It is recommended to learn every new word in German with its definite article. One must learn the articles well. Though there is generally no logic to it [I mean who has decided that Bleistift (pencil) is masculine? My Bleistift is very beautiful and it has got a floral print on it. But it still remains masculine. :D], following tips might help: Berufe (professions) are masculine. For example, der Lehrer, der Arzt, der Pilot, der Kellner, etc. When su...
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