Day 60 - Adjective Endings Part 2 Flashcards

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Adjective Endings (Indefinite Article)

Masculine / Feminine / Neutral / Plural
Nominative: -er / -e / -es / -en
Accusative: -en / -e / -es / -en
Dative: -en / -en / -en / -en
Genitive: -en / -en / -en / -en

Notice anything? It’s almost the same as the previous table.

German grammar will always convey the gender and case of the noun. If these endings were the same as before, when reading ein alte Mann and ein alte Kind, you wouldn’t be able to immediately know the gender of the noun.

Because of this, Germans say ein alter Mann and ein altes Kind.

The trick to memorizing this table is the same as before:
if ein changes form, and you know the gender and case of the noun just by looking at ein, add -en.
If you can’t tell, then add the appropriate ending.

Study the following examples:

A blue angel.
Ein blauer Engel.
The blue angel. Der blaue Engel.
A fat man eats.
Ein dicker Mann isst.
The fat man eats. Der dicke Mann isst.
A funny child laughs.
Ein lustiges Kind lacht.
The funny child laughs. Das lustige Kind lacht.
I bought an old apple.
Ich kaufte einen alten Apfel.
I bought the old apple. Ich kaufte den alten Apfel.
He knows a young woman.
Er kennt eine junge Frau.
He knows the young woman. Er kennt die junge Frau.
He knows no young women.
Er kennt keine jungen Frauen.
He knows the young women. Er kennt die jungen Frauen.

ein junger Mann
ein junges Kind

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  1. GUT…good
  2. BŌSE…evil / bad
  3. SCHLECHT…bad
  4. KLUG…clever / smart
  5. DUMM…DUMB, DOOF…STUPID, BLÖD…idiotic dumm / doof / blöd
  6. EINFACH…easy / simple einfach
  7. SCHWER…hard / SCHWERIG…difficult
  8. GLÜCKLICH…happy, ZUFRIEDEN…satisfied / content.
  9. TRAURIG…sad
  10. MÜDE…tired
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  1. A good child eats vegetables.
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Ein gutes Kind isst Gemüse.

EIN…could be masc. or neut., so add DAS ending to GUT

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  1. An evil child eats chocolate.
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Ein böses Kind isst Schokolade.

same as GUTES

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  1. A bad man travels to Germany.
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Ein schlechter Mann reist nach Deustchland.

EIN could be either masc. or neut., so add DER ending to SCHLECHT

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  1. He is meeting with a clever woman.
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Er trifft sich mit einer klugen Frau.

MIT…takes DATIVE
EINER…gives gender and case, so KLUG takes an EN ending

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  1. I have a dumb friend.
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Ich habe einen dummen Freund.

ACCUSATIVE…masc. takes EN, so EINEN
gender and case established, so DUMM takes EN ending

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  1. We passed a simple test.
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Wir haben eine einfache Prüfung bestanden.

EINE is fem. for nom. and acc.
EINFACH takes fem. ending

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  1. We didn’t pass a difficult test.
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Wir haben eine schwere Prüfung nicht bestanden.

same for schwerE

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  1. A happy child smiled.
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Ein glückliches Kind lächelte.

EIN could be either masc. or neut., so GLÜCK takes DES ending

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  1. I saw a sad dog.
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Ich sah einen traurigen Hund.

DER HUND>EINEN HUND
gender and case established, so TRAURIG takes EN ending

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  1. The tired woman drank coffee.
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Die müde Frau trank Kaffee.

DIE FRAU>DIE MÜDE FRAU

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