Ok, here we go! 💪🏼 Grammatical gender: a refresher This week we'll get through the first layer of German nouns, so that you know what gender a noun is, and we'll cover German cases another time.
In fact, there are only EIGHT different forms-because some of the articles are used for multiple genders and multiple cases. If you've never studied German, you might be thinking, "Whoa, three genders… times four cases… that's 12 different articles!!" That means German is packing a ton of information into these tiny words: Articles indicate which grammatical gender category a noun is in, and which case the noun is in, in a particular sentence. Unlike other languages, German shows a noun's case not on the noun itself, but on words associated with the noun-adjectives and articles! The four cases in German are nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. German also uses a system of cases to indicate what a noun is doing in the sentence (is it the thing doing the action of the verb? Or is the thing being acted upon? Or something else?). They could just as easily be called Category A, Category B, and Category C! In German, a noun's category affects the words around it, including adjectives and articles (words like the and a), so a masculine noun is paired with a masculine article, feminine with feminine, and neuter with neuter.
These categories are unrelated to human gender, sexuality, or identity and are purely grammatical. German nouns-for humans and objects-are all in one of three noun categories: masculine, feminine, or neuter. These topics have been covered a bit in other posts, but here are the basics for German: There's actually two layers to these German articles (words like the and a): They vary according to grammatical gender and also by case, sometimes called declensions. That's only part of the story when it comes to German, though… You’ve got it, Das It Ever End: German has three grammatical gender categories! That der (the) goes with masculine nouns, die (also means "the") with feminine, and das (.the) is for neuter nouns. I'm at the beginning of learning German, and I wonder if you could help me figure out the word "the." I understand that they have male form "der" and female form "die" but I got another one that's tripping me up and that's "das." It seems like that's another form! Can you help me out? Kristina Schoen, a Duolingo curriculum designer who is responsible for our German course for English speakers! She's bringing her expertise as a German speaker and teacher to answer one of the most common questions we get in the Dear Duolingo inbox, one that plagues German learners, is of interest to English language history buffs, and should instill feelings of relief (.even Schadenfreude?) in all other learners. Hey, y'all! This week I've teamed up with Dr. Inspirational Quote: Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.Welcome to another week of Dear Duolingo, an advice column just for language learners. Please check out our main menu here for more lessons: homepage. I hope you enjoyed this lesson about adjectives in German. Nice to meet you Freut mich, Sie kennen zu lernen. I'm good, thank you Mir geht es gut, danke. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure. Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I think it would be wise to memorize them. We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is because it describes the noun. In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in German to help you practice your daily phrases. Welcome to the second German lesson about adjectives.
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