some rules Flashcards
Er “he”, sie “she”, es “it”
All conjugate to ist.
Sie ist Ingenieurin. “she is (an) engineer”
Er ist Ingenieur. “he is (an) engineer”
Wir “we”, and Sie “you” (formal)
Conjugate to sind.
Wir sind in Frankreich. “We are in France.”
Sie sind sehr nett. “You are very nice.”
“There is” and “there are” are both es gibt.
“they are” (informal)
conjugates to ihr seid
an infinitive verb, the one that’s unchanged, and is what you want or would like to do, always goes to the end.
“Sie wollen nach Paris fliegen” translates (literally) to, “You want to Paris to fly”
im
a contraction of “in” and “dem” meaning “in the”
Zum
contraction of zu (to) and dem (the)
it’s used for masc. or neuter nouns.
Zur
Contraction of zu (to) and der (the)
used for fem. nouns.
Welche
Welcher
Welches
All mean ‘which’
The word for ‘which’ changes based on gender.
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Welche Strassenbahn fahrt zum Konigsplatz? (fem.)
Welcher Bus fahrt zum Konigsplatz? (masc.)
Welches Taxi fahrt zum Konigsplatz? (neut.)