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"The boy and the girl"
Translation:Der Junge und das Mädchen
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You are right, but 'das Mädchen' is a diminutive word. 'das Mädchen' comes from the archaic word 'die Magd'.
All nouns with diminutive endings like '-chen' and '-lein' are neutral, even if their original gender is not.
Examples:
der Hund - das Hündchen | die Katze - das Kätzchen
der Mann - das Männchen | der Mann - das Männlein
die Frau - das Frauchen | die Frau - das Fräulein
(Many words can have both endings that sometimes have different meanings or connotations.)
Thank you! I've looked through some other discussions after this as well ^^
I still couldnt understand because i sm still in 6 and i dont know the meaning of diminutive . Please help me because i have a german test cominb up ...
Correction : i am still in 6th ............... Please help me because i have a german test 'coming' up ...
Diminutive marks smallness: Das Hündchen = der kleine Hund = the small dog ; Das Hündlein = der kleine Hund = the small dog, etc.
I'm in 8 and i too don't know meaning of diminutive. So plz help me also
I wanna like this but i don't want to break the perfect 222. here's a lingot instead!
It's Mädchen (with a capital M) and it means more or less "little maiden" = "girl".
Not quite! Female creatures are usually feminine. But when a Word ends on -"chen" or -"lein" (and sometimes other endings from specific dialects example: -erl in Bavaria and Austria) are neuter. Das Mädchen (the girl), but die Frau (the woman), die Lehrerin (the female teacher), ...
Many languages have gender and cases... and you can argue, if it is better or not, because less cases limit preciseness and free wordorder: "Das Brot isst der Mann" would literally translate into "the bread eats the man", but the Cases make the exact meaning clear.
I think that should provide information in regards to addressing manculine and femanin
"Der" is masculine which means The Man is "Der Mann", "Die" is feminine which means The Woman is "Die Fraue".
der is a masculine form of the so you put that before a masculine word, but die is the neutral form of the so you put it before a neutral word!
Why we use das for word "madchen" . Instead " madhen" is a feminime subject... ? Why dont we use "die" ?
Now here gender is difficult: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) "Das Kind" is gender neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Das Mädchen is a diminutive form meaning it is made "smaller" (it comes from the nowadays rarely used word Magd) and diminutives are always neuter in german (so "das") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Junge is actually an adjective used as a noun. When german got standardized, there was probably a problem with the word boy (I do not know what), so they just took "der Junge" meaning "the young male" if you say "die Junge", you would refer to a young female, and "das Junge" would be the child of an animal
Now here gender is difficult: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) "Das Kind" is gender neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Das Mädchen is a diminutive form meaning it is made "smaller" (it comes from the nowadays rarely used word Magd) and diminutives are always neuter in german (so "das") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Junge is actually an adjective used as a noun. When german got standardized, there was probably a problem with the word boy (I do not know what), so they just took "der Junge" meaning "the young male" if you say "die Junge", you would refer to a young female, and "das Junge" would be the child of an animal
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how come das is used for mädchen and kind but not also for junge if das is supposed to be neutral while der is masculine?
Now here gender is difficult: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) "Das Kind" is gender neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Das Mädchen is a diminutive form meaning it is made "smaller" (it comes from the nowadays rarely used word Magd) and diminutives are always neuter in german (so "das") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Junge is actually an adjective used as a noun. When german got standardized, there was probably a problem with the word boy (I do not know what), so they just took "der Junge" meaning "the young male" if you say "die Junge", you would refer to a young female, and "das Junge" would be the child of an animal
Is it weird that i find german more easy to learn then even spanish? I have no hatred towards spanish,but maybe it just harder to learn since its a romance language
Duolingo accepts an if you use "ae" as "ä", "oe" as "ö" and "ue" as "ü". This is how you should write it anywhere, where you can not use them. Also it should accept an "ss" as "ß"
They are replaceable by typing "ae" as "ä", "oe" as "ö" and "ue" as "ü" and "ss" as "ß"
I do not have German in my keyboard, hence im not able to type them properly
They are replaceable by typing "ae" as "ä", "oe" as "ö" and "ue" as "ü" and "ss" as "ß"
They are replaceable by typing "ae" as "ä", "oe" as "ö" and "ue" as "ü" and "ss" as "ß"
The most important spelling rules on capital letters are: The Beginning of a sentence, and every noun
Answer appears correct but marked incorrect - could this be an issue with the format of the fill-ins?
It is word gendering, and you may find some useful information in the 'tips' section
write Maedchen, Maenner, Floehe, Huete and Fuss instead of Mädchen, Manner, Flöhe, Hüte and Fuß
Depends on Dialect, I say [medçεn], but some might even say [mædçən] (if you want it read, go to - http://ipa-reader.xyz/ - and select Marlene [German])
Hi, I'm troubled by the a letter which has a double dot beneath the a. what should I do? did I need to download German languages to my keyboard? Need help, thanksss
They are replaceable by typing "ae" as "ä", "oe" as "ö" and "ue" as "ü" and "ss" as "ß"
It keeps telling me to watch because i don't put umlauts over the a in madchen but don't know how/ cant do on keyboard on phone. Can you help.
They are replaceable by typing "ae" as "ä", "oe" as "ö" and "ue" as "ü" and "ss" as "ß"
It's clear to me that "mädchen" is gender neutral, because of the "chen" suffix. I keep wondering though, is there a femenine gender word for girl in wich you can use "die" with it?
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I'm not a native German speaker and so I don't know for sure, but I can't see why "die junge Frau" shouldn't be used for "the girl".
Why is 'the boy' translated in the masculine but 'the girl' translated in the neuter?
See buddy, 'Der' is for masculine words like Mann,Junge,etc. 'Die' is for feminine words like Frau, Zeitung, etc. But when a noun is plural THE is always 'DIE'. Whereas 'Das' is used for neutral words like Mädchen,etc.
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You can replace the umlaut by typing an "e" immediately after the vowel the umlaut would go over, e.g. "das Maedchen"
You can look up the following YouTubers for help with German: Ikenna (knows several other languages so I can't guarantee he has ONLY German videos but still a good YouTuber) Your German Teacher Luzi (or just YourGermanTeacher). I also like Easy German.
If you want a textbook, I can recommend: German Grammar Drills (McGraw Hill), Complete German (Teach Yourself), and German Tutor (Teach yourself)
you can also just search on YouTube: German Grammar Drills (your level here [ex: A1, B2, C1]) and you should find some videos on grammar.
The problem I see in your comment is that you want to learn easily and efficiently, but that is not the best way to go about learning a new language. If you want more about this topic, I recommend you see Luca Lamperiello's video "The Absolute Best Way to Learn a Language", he gives some very good insight about language learning.
I hope this comment finds you well, and that you may take some things from it that will help you as you go on with your learning!
Edit: just so you know I am DEFINITELY not a professional German speaker or teacher, so if you still have any questions, don't be afraid to comment your questions on one of these user's posts: mizinamo, Wataya, sarefo, christian, myra, sommerleid, Julika, or anyone who has a moderator rank!
Ughh i hate the repetition of the commas and 'ands' it just makes me switch off
With a MacBook Air computer, you can go to settings>German Keyboard and you can find the umlauted letters where the [;' keys are located (on US keyboard) the only problem is that the y and z keys are switched so you just have to get used to that
Duo should write something special about "Mädchen". cmon, thatsnot a mistake. the fact that "das Mädchen" is.
Usually hold down the letter you want (in this case a) until a list of choices appears, then select the one you want.
Das is for Mädchen. For some reason, German decided it didn't want 'girl' to be a female word. Love your profile pic btw.
