Herr Marshall Name: The Definite Article has three equivalent in German. “the” der = the, is for masculine nouns. die = the, is for feminine das = the, is for neuter nouns. die = the, is the plural form for all of them! Examples: der Kuli / die Kulis die Kassette / die Kassetten das Heft / die Hefte das Buch / die Bücher der Bleistift / die Bleistifte die Schule / die Schulen das Fach / die Fächer die Note / die Noten das Zeugnis / die Zeugnisse das Wörterbuch / die Wörterbücher der Gummi / die Gummis der Radiergummi / die Radiergummis der Rechner / die Rechner der Taschenrechner / die Taschenrechner die Schultasche /die Schultaschen die Schulsachen = school supplies is already a plural noun. Each of the definite articles has its own pronoun. Pronoun substitutes the noun for use for use for use “der” “er” “die” “sie” “das” “es” For which is plural use also “die” “sie” The Verb = to cost is rather an impersonal verb. If you drop which is the sign of infinitive, “kosten” “en” the root ends in If the root of a verb ends in or a consonant cluster such as you “t”. “d”, “t”, “n” “chn” need to add an for better pronunciation in du-form, er,sie,es-form, and ihr-form when you conjugate “e” the verb. don’t forget your conjugation-endings. ich = e wir =en du = st OR (e)st ihr = t OR (e)t er,sie,es = t OR (e)t sie, Sie = en ich koste / du kostest / er,sie,es kostet / wir kosten / ihr kostet / sie,Sie kosten Conjugate the following verbs: zeichnen = to draw arbeiten = to work raten = to guess finden = to find, to think regnen = to rain warten = to wait
Herr Marshall Name: The Definite Article “the” has three equivalent in German. der = the, is for masculine nouns. die = the, is for feminine das = the, is for neuter nouns. die = the, is the plural form for all of them! Examples: der Kuli / die Kulis die Kassette / die Kassetten das Heft / die Hefte das Buch / die Bücher der Bleistift / die Bleistifte die Schule / die Schulen das Fach / die Fächer die Note / die Noten das Zeugnis / die Zeugnisse das Wörterbuch / die Wörterbücher der Gummi / die Gummis der Radiergummi / die Radiergummis der Rechner / die Rechner der Taschenrechner / die Taschenrechner die Schultasche /die Schultaschen die Schulsachen = school supplies is already a plural noun. Each of the definite articles has its own pronoun. Pronoun substitutes the noun for “der” use “er” for “die” use “sie” for “das” use “es” For “die” which is plural use also “sie” The Verb “kosten” = to cost is rather an impersonal verb. If you drop “en” which is the sign of infinitive, the root ends in “t”. If the root of a verb ends in “d”, “t”, “n” or a consonant cluster such as “chn” you need to add an “e” for better pronunciation in du-form, er,sie,es-form, and ihr-form when you conjugate the verb. don’t forget your conjugation-endings. ich = e wir =en du = st OR (e)st ihr = t OR (e)t er,sie,es = t OR (e)t sie, Sie = en ich koste / du kostest / er,sie,es kostet / wir kosten / ihr kostet / sie,Sie kosten Conjugate the following verbs: zeichnen = to draw arbeiten = to work raten = to guess finden = to find, to think regnen = to rain warten = to wait
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