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- "I have an apple."
"I have an apple."
Translation:Ich habe einen Apfel.
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I guess the reason is "ein Apfel" (Masculine) in Accusative changes on "einen Apfel". For Feminine, Neuter and Plural there is no change in Accusative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Indefinite_articles
I started making a list of the Conjunctives to help me along, something I noticed is that each word ended in the same letter for LESEN, HABEN, TRINKEN, ESSEN. so for instance:
Wir and Sie ends in -EN
Du ends in -ST
er/sie/es/ihr all end in -T
ich end with an -E
I highly doubt all of the action words will follow this pattern for accusative but none the less this observation at the very least makes it easier to remember these words and I am sure others together if you remember the basic spelling of the word
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LESEN (to read)
ich (I) LESE
du (you, singular) LIEST
er/sie/es (he/she/it) LIEST
wir (we) LESEN
ihr (you, plural) LEST
sie (they) LESEN
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HABEN (to have)
ich (I) HABE
du (you, singular) HAST
er/sie/es (he/she/it) HAT
wir (we) HABEN
ihr (you, plural) HABT
sie (they) HABEN
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TRINKEN (to drink)
ich (I) TRINKE
du (you, singular) TRINKST
er/sie/es (he/she/it) TRINKT
wir (we)TRINKEN
ihr (you, plural) TRINKT
sie (they) TRINKEN
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Essen (to eat)
ich (I) ESSE
di (you, singular) ISST
er/sie/es (he/she/it) ISST
wir (we) ESSEN
ihr (you, plural) ESST
sie (they) ESSEN
"einen" in the accusative is Masculine so "einen Apfel" is perfectly spelled.
For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Indefinite_articles