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- "The man drinks milk."
"The man drinks milk."
Translation:Der Mann trinkt Milch.
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- she/he/it (sie/er/es) : trinkt, isst
- Du trinkst, isst
- Ich : trinke, esse. its easier for me to remember that mostly ich verb ended by 'e' du verb ended by 'st' sie/er/es verb ended by 't'
Then what about trinken? What is used with Ihr? Please tell me the logic behind all this. Hope you will help me
- ich trink-e
- du trink-st
- er/sie (= she)/es trink-t
- wir trink-en
- ihr trink-t
- sie (= they)/Sie (formal “you”) trink-en
If you remember that order, the suffix's mak e, st, t, en, t, en (es ten ten)
When a masculine noun is the subject of a sentence, the definite article will be der. (Nominativ) When a masculine noun is the direct object of a sentence, the definite article will be den. (Accusativ)
Der is masculine. Das is neutral. Die is feminine. It has to be der because "Mann" is masculine, not neutral nor feminine.
Trinkt applies third person singular and second person plural. Trinkst applies to second person singular. You can remember that there's an s in trinkst by Second perSon Singular. Hope that helped!
They are different versions of the word "the", based on what grammatical gender is assigned to the noun they're attached to. You just have to memorize which one to use with with words.
Im fine with all of this till it comes up die kinder or der mann..not 100% sure which one to use. Any help..danke
I’m afraid I’m not sure what you’re asking about. Die Kinder is “the children” and der Mann is “the man”. The two words don’t have anything much in common at all.
Wieso heisst es: Der Mann trinkt Milch. Und nicht: Der Mann trinkt die Milch?
That would be: “The man drinks the milk.” (That is, some specific milk which the listener already knows about)
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