| 24.4 Examples |
| Let's say we have two phrases | ||
| das Auto (neutral, singular) |  |
auto |
| correct: Ich schenke ihm
mein neues
Auto. incorrect: Ich schenke ihm mein neuen Auto. |
|
I give him my new car. |
If we want to check which of the two phrases is the
correct one, we best check the corresponding table.
We need the following information:
What's before the adjective? possessive pronoun.
Gender and number? neutral, singular
Which declension? direct object (= Accusative)
Checking the table we'll find the right ending.
| Endings of the declensions with possessive pronouns | ||||||||
| neutral | singular | plural | masculine | singular | plural | feminine | singular | plural |
| Nominative | -es | -en | Nominative | -er | -en | Nominative | -e |
-en |
| Genitive | -en | -en | Genitive | -en | -en | Genitive | -en | -en |
| Dative | -en | -en | Dative | -en | -en | Dative | -en | -en |
| Accusative | -es | -en | Accusative | -en | -en | Accusative | -e | -en |
| We have again two phrases. | ||
| der Bleistift (masculine, singular) |
|
pencil |
| die Bleistifte (masculine, plural) |
|
pencils |
| correcto: Ich gebe ihm
gelbe Bleistifte. incorrecto: Ich gebe ihm gelben Bleistifte. |
|
I give
him yellow pencils. |
If we want to check which of the two phrases the
correct one is, we best check the corresponding table.
We need the following information:
What's before the adjective? nothing
Gender and number? masculine, plural
Which declension? direct object (= Accusative)
Checking the table we'll find the right ending.
| Endings of the declensions without article | ||||||||
| neutral | singular | plural | masculine | singular | plural | feminine | singular | plural |
| Nominative | -es | -e | Nominative | -er | -e | Nominative | -e |
-e |
| Genitive | -en | -er | Genitive | -en | -er | Genitive | -er | -er |
| Dative | -em | -en | Dative | -em | -en | Dative | -er | -en |
| Accusative | -es | -e | Accusative | -en | -e | Accusative | -e | -e |
| Another example | ||
| die Banane (feminine, singular) |
|
banana |
| die Bananen (feminine, plural) |
|
bananas |
| correcto: Das Zimmer verströmte
den Duft süßer Bananen. incorrecto: Das Zimmer verströmte den Duft süße Bananen. |
|
The room
exuded the scent of sweet bananas. |
If we want to check which of the two phrases the
correct one is, we best check the corresponding table.
We need the following information:
What's before the adjective? nothing
Gender and number? feminine, plural
Which declension? Genitive
Checking the table we'll find the right ending.
| Endings of the declensions without article | ||||||||
| neutral | singular | plural | masculine | singular | plural | feminine | singular | plural |
| Nominative | -es | -e | Nominative | -er | -e | Nominative | -e |
-e |
| Genitive | -en | -er | Genitive | -en | -er | Genitive | -er | -er |
| Dative | -em | -en | Dative | -em | -en | Dative | -er | -en |
| Accusative | -es | -e | Accusative | -en | -e | Accusative | -e | -e |
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