"Your shirts are black."

Translation:Deine Hemden sind schwarz.

June 5, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/diane338886

Why can't it be "deine" in this case?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/az_p
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    Possible German translations for "Your shirts are black":

    Deine Hemden sind schwarz - (I'm talking to one person who I'm familiar with)
    Eure Hemden sind schwarz - (I'm talking to multiple people who I'm familiar with)
    Ihre Hemden sind schwarz - (I'm talking to any number of people who I'm formal with)

    Duolingo should accept all three German sentences as a translation from the English, because we don't know the context.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Paralars1

    It could be. Deine for one person, eure for multiple. The english sentence doesn't clarify this context, so you may report it.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Raisinnoir

    "Deine" would be correct.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/FitriRahay16

    It is "Adjektiv Deklination" case


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Giorgio810210

    It is plural, shouldn't be ''schwarze''?


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JohanShiju

    I think it is only like that if the color is right before the noun. Die hunde sind schwarz. Die schwarze hunde sind schnell.


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/fehrerdef

    It is "die schwarzen Hunde". But you are right. adjectives in the predicative position are not declined.

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