Hello,
here is a thread where everybody can explain his own language
So, let's start with German
The Persons
Ich (I)
Du (You)
Er/Sie/Es (He/She/It)
Wir (We)
Ihr (You)
Sie (They)
The Articles
In German, there are 3 definite articles:
der (maskulin)
die (feminin)
das (neutrum)
And there are also 2 indefinite articles:
ein (maskulin/neutrum)
eine (feminin)
You use "der" for Nouns which are masculine, "die" for nouns which are feminine and "das" for nouns which are neutrum (I think there is no english word).
If you have a plural and you want to use the definite article, you have to use "die"
das Haus
Plural: die Häuser
die Ente
Plural: die Enten
...
You use "ein" for nouns which are masculine or neutrum. You use "eine" for nouns which are feminine.
Example:
das Haus (the house) ---> ein Haus (a house)
der Vogel (the bird) ---> ein Vogel (a bird)
die Ente (the duck) ---> eine Ente (a duck)
If you have a plural, and you want to use the indefinite article, you have no article. Example:
eine Ente
Plural: Enten (No article)
The capitalization
In German, this is a bit difficult.
When do you write a word big?
- At the Beginning of a sentence
- When the word is a noun
Example:
der Baum (the tree) ---> noun, big
hübsch (pretty) ---> adjective, small
spielen (to play) ---> verb, small
How do you conjugate the verbs?
Example: spielen (to play)
Ich spiele
Du spielst
Er/Sie/Es spielt
Wir spielen
Ihr spielt
Sie spielen
In German, there are 2 types of verbs: Regular verbs and Irregular verbs. Most of the verbs are regular and they are conjugated like this.
The infinitive of every (of the irregular verbs too) ends with -en. (Example: spielen (play, regular), essen (eat, irregular))
Plural
I think there is no rule - I think if you want to learn german you have to learn the plural with your vocabs.
Words
(The word behind the "/" is the plural form)
Nouns:
ein Baum/Bäume - a tree
ein Junge/Jungen - a boy
ein Mädchen/Mädchen - a girl (Funny fact: "Mädchen" is neutrum)
eine Ente/Enten - a duck
ein Hund/Hunde - a dog
eine Katze/Katzen - a cat
ein Haus/Häuser - a house
ein Fenster/Fenster - a window
ein Lied/Lieder - a song (But in german we say "song" too - "ein Song))
Verbs (regular):
spielen - play
schreiben - write
singen - sing
riechen - smell
tanzen - dance
machen - make
hören - hear
versuchen - try
verstehen - understand
reden - talk
lachen - laugh
Adjectives:
gut - good
schlecht - bad
böse - bad
(You say "schlecht" when you write for example a test, and it was bad. You say "böse" when somebody is a bad person.)
hübsch - pretty
schön - beautiful
hässlich - ugly
groß - big
klein - small
laut - loud
leise - quiet
Other words:
mit - with
ohne - without
nach - after
dann - the
vor (temporally) - before
The verb "sein" (be)
Infinitive:
Ich bin
Du bist
Er/Sie/Es ist
Wir sind
Ihr seid
Sie sind
The Numbers
1 Eins
2 Zwei
3 Drei
4 Vier
5 Fünf
6 Sechs
7 Sieben
8 Acht
9 Neun
10 Zehn
11 Elf
12 Zwölf
13 Dreizehn
14 Vierzehn
15 Fünfzehn
16 Sechzehn
17 Siebzehn
18 Achtzehn
19 Neunzehn
20 Zwanzig
Now you can make some sentences
If you have any question, ask me
here is a thread where everybody can explain his own language
So, let's start with German
The Persons
Ich (I)
Du (You)
Er/Sie/Es (He/She/It)
Wir (We)
Ihr (You)
Sie (They)
The Articles
In German, there are 3 definite articles:
der (maskulin)
die (feminin)
das (neutrum)
And there are also 2 indefinite articles:
ein (maskulin/neutrum)
eine (feminin)
You use "der" for Nouns which are masculine, "die" for nouns which are feminine and "das" for nouns which are neutrum (I think there is no english word).
If you have a plural and you want to use the definite article, you have to use "die"
das Haus
Plural: die Häuser
die Ente
Plural: die Enten
...
You use "ein" for nouns which are masculine or neutrum. You use "eine" for nouns which are feminine.
Example:
das Haus (the house) ---> ein Haus (a house)
der Vogel (the bird) ---> ein Vogel (a bird)
die Ente (the duck) ---> eine Ente (a duck)
If you have a plural, and you want to use the indefinite article, you have no article. Example:
eine Ente
Plural: Enten (No article)
The capitalization
In German, this is a bit difficult.
When do you write a word big?
- At the Beginning of a sentence
- When the word is a noun
Example:
der Baum (the tree) ---> noun, big
hübsch (pretty) ---> adjective, small
spielen (to play) ---> verb, small
How do you conjugate the verbs?
Example: spielen (to play)
Ich spiele
Du spielst
Er/Sie/Es spielt
Wir spielen
Ihr spielt
Sie spielen
In German, there are 2 types of verbs: Regular verbs and Irregular verbs. Most of the verbs are regular and they are conjugated like this.
The infinitive of every (of the irregular verbs too) ends with -en. (Example: spielen (play, regular), essen (eat, irregular))
Plural
I think there is no rule - I think if you want to learn german you have to learn the plural with your vocabs.
Words
(The word behind the "/" is the plural form)
Nouns:
ein Baum/Bäume - a tree
ein Junge/Jungen - a boy
ein Mädchen/Mädchen - a girl (Funny fact: "Mädchen" is neutrum)
eine Ente/Enten - a duck
ein Hund/Hunde - a dog
eine Katze/Katzen - a cat
ein Haus/Häuser - a house
ein Fenster/Fenster - a window
ein Lied/Lieder - a song (But in german we say "song" too - "ein Song))
Verbs (regular):
spielen - play
schreiben - write
singen - sing
riechen - smell
tanzen - dance
machen - make
hören - hear
versuchen - try
verstehen - understand
reden - talk
lachen - laugh
Adjectives:
gut - good
schlecht - bad
böse - bad
(You say "schlecht" when you write for example a test, and it was bad. You say "böse" when somebody is a bad person.)
hübsch - pretty
schön - beautiful
hässlich - ugly
groß - big
klein - small
laut - loud
leise - quiet
Other words:
mit - with
ohne - without
nach - after
dann - the
vor (temporally) - before
The verb "sein" (be)
Infinitive:
Ich bin
Du bist
Er/Sie/Es ist
Wir sind
Ihr seid
Sie sind
The Numbers
1 Eins
2 Zwei
3 Drei
4 Vier
5 Fünf
6 Sechs
7 Sieben
8 Acht
9 Neun
10 Zehn
11 Elf
12 Zwölf
13 Dreizehn
14 Vierzehn
15 Fünfzehn
16 Sechzehn
17 Siebzehn
18 Achtzehn
19 Neunzehn
20 Zwanzig
Now you can make some sentences
If you have any question, ask me
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