Thursday, December 16, 2010

German Lesson 3

Know the articles

The articles in German in the nominative case are
der Mann =the Man(masculine)
die Frau =the woman(feminine)
das Buch =the book(neuter)
die Männer=the men(plural)
Note: The nominative case would be when we get answers after asking the verb "who" "whose".These basics are same as English.
examples:
Er ist der Mann(m). He is the man( I was talking about)
Sie ist die Frau(f). She is the  woman (I was talking about)
Dies ist das Buch(n) This is the book(I was talking about)
Das sind die(pl) Männer Those are the men(I was talking about)

The indefinite articles
ein Mann= a man(m)
eine Frau= a woman(f)
ein Buch=a book(n)
examples:
Er ist ein guter Mann =He is a good man.
Sie ist eine gute Frau=She is a good woman.
Es ist ein gutes Buch=It is a good book.

The above examples look too simple but good enough for the basics

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