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- "Sie hat rote Kleidung."
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Yes, they can be. Indeed in my old paper dictionary, "clothes" comes before "a long women's outer garment" in the list of definitions for "dress." Whether DL agrees is another issue.
Dress as in fancy dress means clothing but when inducating a red dress it is a specific type of clothing.
In English (a quick overview): -- "a dress" (countable) refers to the woman's garment (a gown) -- "dress" (unc.) typically refers to the category of clothing (casual, formal, Western, etc.) -- "clothes" (pl.) refers to the physical items one wears. -- "clothing" (unc.) is a collective term for the items.
Just to clarify--rote is for when there are many red things? Rote Vogeln, etc?
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Strong declension is used when there is no preceding article. In this case as there is no preceding article (a, an, the) in this sentence - She has red clothing , you have to use the strong inflection. In the plural or feminine nominative / accusative, that means that you have to add an -e to rot. So the final translation becomes : Sie hat rote Kleidung
Please see the following link for more clarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Strong_inflection.5B6.5D.5B7.5D
Hope that helps.
Nah I think the end of colours change just like any other sentences "Mein Vater" "Meine Mutter". Cause this is plural (or feminine) it ends with 'e'
In a previous lesson, "clothing" was not accepted as a translation for "Kleidung." Only "clothes" was accepted. Why the difference?
Adjectives always get at least an e. The possible choices are only 5 actually, -e -ed -er -em -en. Just add the e, mumble the rest a little and you will always be correct!
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Adjectives can also end in -es if they preceed a neuter "ein" word. Example: It is a blue sea. Es ist ein blaues Meer.
Well, Kleidung is singular, but it is a feminine noun, so "rot" has to get an e in order to agree in gender with Kleidung.
- 2031
Strong declension is used when there is no preceding article. In this case as there is no preceding article (a, an, the) in this sentence - She has red clothing , you have to use the strong inflection. In the plural or feminine nominative / accusative, that means that you have to add an -e to rot. So the final translation becomes : Sie hat rote Kleidung
Please see the following link for more clarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Strong_inflection.5B6.5D.5B7.5D
Hope that helps.
Thanks. I didn't realise adjectives were also affected by gender, position in the sentence and whether a definite or indefinite article is used. Mind-blowing!
In portuguese is was like that too. But is only affected by gender, O vestido vermelho. A fruta vermelha. The red dress and the red fruit.
The "rote" in this sentence sounds a lot like it has a G in front of it in the audio: "grote"
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To be "you have" the verb would have to be "haben". with "Sie". The verb in this case is "hat" which is third person singular and coupled with sie or Sie at the beginning of a sentence must mean "she or She", respectively.
"Sie hat" or "Oh, sie hat" means "She has" or "Oh, she has". "SIE haben" means "You have" or "They have". "Oh, Sie haben" means "Oh, you have". "Oh, sie haben" means "Oh, they have".
