In addition, the water becomes cloudy. Some people use the same term “article” to refer to other words that precede names (for example, this, that, some, all, etc.). In German, we usually use names with their articles. The article tells us the gender, number and case of the name. There are indefinite articles (one, one) and definite articles (the, the, that). All subjects in the above sentence use the nominative case of definite and indefinite articles. Also, if you want to add an adjective between the definite article and a noun, you must add a corresponding English adjective ending. This table contains endings for the definite part, equivalent to the English the. First, compare the charts for defined and undefined elements. Do you see the similarities and differences? There you go! As a general rule, the very last letter of each version of “the” and each version of “a” is the same. Note that the feminine and neuter forms do not change to the nominative or accusative, but only to the dative. But men`s items change the most.
Similarly, indefinite German articles change according to gender and case. Finally, as someone who has spoken German all his life and taught it for 10 years, I would like to offer the following little wisdom regarding German articles – don`t worry too much about it. It is normal to learn their declension, their nominal suffixes, etc., I maintain all the advice I gave in this article. But even if you work really, really hard, study all the cases and endings, still write the article when you learn a new word, you will inevitably make mistakes. Learning a language means making mistakes. In fact, I dare say that it is much more important to make many, many mistakes, to have someone corrected, and then to learn from those mistakes than to try to avoid them by not talking at all. The important thing is to embrace this aspect of language learning and not get frustrated when you make the same mistake a million times. For example, the daughter noun is the same in the singular and plural. The only way to determine the meaning of the sentence is to look at the articles. In German, there are three genders: masculine, feminine or neuter (neuter). There are also four cases: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive. To translate “a” or “the” into English, you must select the correct entry in the following German article diagrams: I wouldn`t go up to that person and say, “Excuse me, didn`t you mean THE girl?” – “Excuse me, I think you meant THE girl?” (although I could talk about that once the crisis is resolved).
☺ No, I would try to help that person. It didn`t matter if they used the feminine article instead of the neuter, I could always understand what they were trying to say. That`s what I`ve always put aside for my students, that they shouldn`t make a fuss if they accidentally use the wrong article because I could still fully understand what they were trying to say. And as long as I can, they`re doing great. And of course, just like with specific articles, you still need to get to know the gender and case of each name to actually use the graphics. Ouch. The best thing you can do to improve your language skills is to take the German you now know right now and go out into the world (or an online language learning community, for example) and USE it. It won`t be perfect, it will be chaotic and chaotic, everything you thought you knew will disappear and you will look like a complete beginner. And that`s great! The most important thing about using a new language is simply being able to communicate with another person.
If you can`t communicate in a language, you don`t really speak it, do you? And using the wrong element usually won`t interfere with your communication or the message you`re trying to convey. So if I were somewhere in Germany, walking quietly through a historic city and hearing someone shouting in English, you get “man bites dog,” which completely changes the meaning. In German, however, the articles of and contain information about who bites. So you can say that the man bites the dog and it still means the same thing as the original sentence. Here you have the same non-traditional version and a slightly improved and more “modern” version of the diagram. But that`s a lot of tedious memorization anyway. The plural ending for adjectives that follow certain articles is “en”. But masculine words have an “e” that ends in the nominative. And an ending “in” in cassative and dative cases. So you can see what I mean, that all separate diagrams have more in common than not, compare the Der-Word diagram (also known as strong declensions) and the one-word diagram (< – NOT the weak declension diagram.
That`s something else and we`ll talk about that later). However, you should not be intimidated by these articles. Because there are many guidelines that can help you choose the right one. Second, choose accusative case articles for the direct objects of the sentences. The direct object of a sentence is the word that an action gets from the verb. Fortunately, German articles can say a lot more about a sentence. And there are many effective ways to remember which one to use and when. On the following pages you will learn how to use German nouns and articles in their singular and plural form as well as in nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases. At the bottom of each page, there are exercises you can use to practice using names and articles about German. To choose the right article declination, you need to know the number, case and gender. So you`ve already learned how numbers and gender affect the elements.
But what about the cases? So let`s put these indefinite articles into sentences: The possessives that precede nouns could be more accurately called possessive determinants.