![]() ![]() ![]() Pronouns in German have the category of case similar to nouns, with the same four cases: nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative. The German language has the same types of pronouns as English: personal (du, ich), possessive (dein, mein), demonstrative (diese), reflexive (sich), relative (die, das), and interrogative (wer, was). An adverb is simply the uninflected (unchanged) form of an adjective, for example, schnell is both quick and quickly. Adverbsįorming adverbs in German is simpler than in a lot of other languages. Nouns in the predicative position – used after the verb “to be” and not directly before a noun – are not inflected:ĭas Mädchen ist schön. Here is an example of how adjectives inflect according to the noun’s gender:Įin guter Tisch (masculine) – a good table Adjectives also use the same form for all the genders in the plural. Just as German articles, adjectives agree with nouns in gender, case and number. AdjectivesĪs in English, German adjectives come before the noun they modify: ein schönes Mädchen (a beautiful girl). The plural form of the article is the same for all three genders. For example, der is masculine and die is feminine, der is nominative case and dem is dative. However, unlike English, the articles in German inflect according to the corresponding noun’s gender, case and number. The definite article denotes a unique object (die Sonne – the sun) or something related to what is mentioned above:ĭies ist der Film, den ich gestern gesehen habe. The rules of use are similar in many situations, for instance, the indefinite article is used to mean “one of”, “any”: Similar to English, German has definite articles (der, die, das) and indefinite articles (ein, eine, eines). The use of the genitive case is quite rare in modern everyday speech and it is often replaced by structures using the dative case instead: das Buch von Thomas – Thomas’s book. – I give my hand to the woman.Ī noun in the accusative case is the direct object: There are four cases in the German language: nominative, genitive, dative and accusative.Ī noun in the nominative case is the subject of the sentence, the person or object that performs the action:Ī noun in the dative case presents an indirect object: Again, similar to the gender, we also have put the plural form of nouns into our language learning material to allow you to learn everything at once. A lot of feminine nouns are regular, but many masculine and neuter are not, and their plural forms have to be memorized. The plural can be formed in several ways, for instance: die Frau – die Frauen, das Auto (car) – die Autos, der Bus (bus) – die Busse. As a result, all nouns in our language learning material (see bottom of the page) come with the right article so you can learn the gender together with the noun in one setting. The gender of such nouns cannot be predicted and has to be memorized, also because other parts of speech that are used together with nouns, such as articles and adjectives, inflect according to the noun’s gender. It has no connection with any physical characteristics of the inanimate object: das Wasser (water) is neuter, der Tisch (table) is masculine, die Tasse (cup) is feminine. Otherwise, this is a purely grammatical category. When a noun denotes a person, the gender of the noun usually corresponds to their gender: die Frau (woman) is feminine and der Mann (man) is masculine. German nouns can be one of the three genders: masculine, feminine or neuter. The three main grammatical categories of German nouns are gender, number and case. For instance, all nouns are capitalized in German, not only proper nouns: die Katze, das Fenster and so on. German nouns have a few peculiarities compared to the use of nouns in the English language. This article will give you an overview of the key notions in German grammar to give you an idea of what you should focus on learning. However, if you study it carefully and practice regularly, you will master it without any problems. Some say German grammar is very complex and hard to learn. Open and close questions, construction and examples. The types of negation: "nein", "nicht", "kein". Sentence structure: subject + verbs + complements. Information about German sentence: Article Use of the adjective, declension, irregular adjectives Comparative and superlative Temporal, of frequency, locative, causal, interrogative. Conjugation | Passive | Irregular verbs | Modal Verbs Separable verbs | Reflexive verbs | Reciprocal verbs | Impersonal verbsĬoordinate conjunctions, Subordinate conjunctionsĭefinite article, indefinite article, examples. Verbal tense, irregular verbs, passive, impersonal verbs. Regular declension, n-declension with examples Plurals | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Diminutives We show all the prepositions with examples auf | bei | in | nach | zu ![]() Prepositions are used as a union between word. German pronouns: personal Pronouns, possessive pronouns. ![]()
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