Grammar

Question 1

Now, what is “the mother”? die Mutter (dee moo-ter) And what is “to the mother”? der Mutter (dair moo-ter) So, how do you think you would say “of the mother”? von der Mutter (fon dair moo-ter) So, the “von” has triggered the same changes that occur when you want to say “to the”. What is “the baby”? das Baby (das bay-bee) And what is “to the baby”? dem Baby (daim bay-bee)

Answer 1

Question 2

das Auto von meinem Vater (das ow-toe fon mine-erm far-ter)

Answer 2

So, the change that has happened to “my” matches the change that happened to “the”. “Der” became “dem” and “mein” has become “meinem”. Both now end with this same “em”.

Question 3

Nowagain, how would you say “the baby’s car” (literally “the car of the baby”)? das Auto von dem Baby (das ow-toe fon daim bay-bee) So how do you think you would say “my baby’s car”? das Auto von meinem Baby (das ow-toe fon mine-erm bay-bee)

Answer 3

Nowagain, how would you say “the baby’s car” (literally “the car of the baby”)? das Auto von dem Baby (das ow-toe fon daim bay-bee) So how do you think you would say “my baby’s car”? das Auto von meinem Baby (das ow-toe fon mine-erm bay-bee)

Question 4

So once more, the change that has happened to “my” matches the change that happened to “the”. “Das” became “dem” and so “mein” has become “meinem”. Both end with the same “em”.

Question 5

das Auto von meiner Mutter (das ow-toe fon mine-air moo-ter) And so again, the change that has happened to “my” matches the change that happened to “the”. “Die” became “der” and so “mein” has become “meiner”. Both end with the same “er”.

Question 6

Der dem meinem
Die der meiner

Question 7

Whereas for neuter we say “my’s baby’s”, and for masculine we say “my’s father’s”, for feminine words, like “mother”, you end up with simply “meiner Mutter”.

Answer 7

Question 8

Taxi Driver der taxifahrer
To the taxidriver dem taxifahrer

Female to die das taxifahrer