"Not our man"

Translation: Nicht unser Mann

[daniel.n]

What is wrong with Unser Mann nicht?

[MatthewEGreen]

same question here...

[daniel]

To be honest I'm not completely sure myself (I got this wrong too), but if I had to guess I would say that 'nicht' being at the end of the sentence has something to do with the negation referring to the verb of the sentence:

'Das ist unser Mann nicht' - 'That is not our man' (the verb 'is' is negated)
vs.
'nicht unser Mann' - 'not our man' ('our' is negated)

Although it seems that 'nicht' could still go before 'unser' in the first example... Let me ask someone about that.

[daniel]

My girlfriend gave a vague confirmation of this, but this might be more helpful as it is much more comprehensive:
http://german.about.com/od/grammar/a/The-Position-Of-Nicht.htm

TL;DR: "Nicht is an adverb, and so you will always find it either before or after a verb, adjective or fellow adverb. It usually precedes an adverb or an adjective, but likes to settle after conjugated verbs."

It also explains that nicht can go at the end of a declarative sentence, i.e. stating a fact. That's probably why we've seen this construction before; nearly everything we're translating so far are declarative sentences. (I think, unless I'm wrong and 'declarative' is some kind of linguistics jargon...)

Hope this helped!

[josewilhelm]

Yup, I got that question too.

[mikelucas]

and me

[smilepanny]

me too

[Warmblood]

What is the difference between Unser and Unsere?

[alinally]

unser- for masculine/neuter;
unsere- for feminine/plural