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- "They have very good meat."
"They have very good meat."
Translation:Sie haben sehr gutes Fleisch.
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Examples: Der Mann ist gut, das Kind ist gut, die Frau ist gut and die Menschen sind gut.
The man is good, the child is good, the woman is good and the people are good.
Er ist ein guter Mann - He is a good man Es ist ein gutes Kind - he/she is a good child Sie ist eine gute Frau - she is a good woman Sie sind gute Menschen - they are good people
Der gute Mann, das gute Kind, die gute Frau und gute Menschen
The good man, the good child, the good woman and the good people.
'Guten' is masculine accusative (because it has to match a masculine accusative noun), hence the -en ending
Strong declension is used when
- there is no preceding article; or
- the preceding article does not fully indicate the case, gender, and number of the noun.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Strong_inflection.5B5.5D.5B6.5D )
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I'm confused! Why we use es after sehr? Why we don't use it after ein paar? I thought we only use er/es/e after "ein"
In this sentence, the word 'meat' is modified by the adjective 'good'. There is no "the" word to indicate the gender of the meat, so the adjective has to take on that task. Hence, we have 'gutes Fleisch'. If you were to say "They have the good meat", it would be "Sie haben das gute Fleisch"... 'das' indicating the gender of the meat, and 'gute' taking the subordinate role and ending with an -e.
I think that 'ein paar' is a fixed phrase for 'a few', and does not decline with the nouns- but I would appreciate input from a native speaker on that!
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See the notes for this lesson. This means "quite good" or "pretty good". It's not as strong as "really good".
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Why am I looking at this sentence as plural? "They" is obviously more than one and it implies more than one piece of meat. It is possible to write this in the plural? Perhaps "Sie haben sehr gute Fleisch"?
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I think this is a simple reflection of German culture. Veganism is quite rare in Germany. The course authors are simply providing plenty of examples of the types of food that are common in Germany.