"My baby plays with the children."

Translation: Mein Baby spielt mit den Kindern.

[saladuo]

we have not yet learned 'Kindern.' How is it different from 'Kinder'?

[Katherle]

After the preposition "mit", you have to use the dative case. In the dative plural, all nouns add an "-n" or "-en". The only exception are nouns whose nominative plural already ends in "-n" (e.g. Frauen) and nouns whose nominative plural ends in "-s" (e.g. Autos).

"die Kinder" (the children, nominative plural) becomes "mit den Kindern" (with the children, dative plural)

[4ferrets]

Thank you. your explanation of the "n" is clear and easy to understand. Some guy on another comment session made it sound like rocket science.

[NeoTubNinja]

I remembered dative and den, but forgot the -n :(

[Nevarek]

Me too! I always forget!

[Zonaira]

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[bs98909]

Isn't Kind same as child, and isn't child same as baby? Granted this is semantics, but just curious.

[NeoTubNinja]

Not quite.

It's like the square/rectangle scenario. A square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not always a square. Just like a baby is always a child, but a child is not always a baby.

[Katherle]

A baby is a very young child.