"The woman drinks."

Translation: Die Frau trinkt.

[katieOT]

I am having a little trouble understanding when and how to use the nomative "Die" vs. the feminine/ masculine pronouns of (Der/ Die, and the neuter Das).

[VictorAbdon]

Der is for males, Die for women, and Das for neutral things or those who end with CHEN like MadCHEN.

[samirasamirasa]

just for your english, women is correct not womans

[VictorAbdon]

Thanks , i am a native spanish speaker learning german from english (before the spanish beta) sorry for my gramar .

[samirasamirasa]

It's ok. I hope you improve very fast:)

[wombatua]

Well, if you're just translating "The woman drinks," yes. You've written "The woman drinks water."

[Morladum]

What is the major difference between trinke and trinkt because I seem to always mix the two up. :(

[parallelthought]

With my initial understanding, trinkt is used for describing the action of another person. He is drinking water - Er trinkt Wasser. Trinke is used to describe the action of self. I am drinking water - Ich trinke Wasser. Both are present tense.

[YandelClaire]

But when would it be appropriate to use trinkst?

[df17]

Why to the child ( das kind) / the woman ( Die Frau) / the boy ( Der Junge) always use same verb, example Er/Sie isst Brot, das kind isst Brot, Die Frau isst Brot, Der Junge isst Brot.