"Mein Vater liest ein Buch."

Translation: My father reads a book.

[MystyrNile]

I could recognize Vater immediately. Familial nouns don't change much over time; "padre" "pater" "father" "Vater" all come from a PIE word many thousands of years ago.

[LaikAFK]

That's really interesting to think of. I love getting these little glimpses into interconnected topics of study. If you're an etymologist or a history buff, I encourage you to keep making these little posts. ^^ Hooray for shared learning!

[MystyrNile]

I don't know a lot about history, but i really enjoy looking at the etymologies of words, especially in Indo-European languages like Greek, English, or French.

[guadalajara007]

Indo-European is the largest language family with about 3 billion native speakers. This family includes many ancient languages like Sanskrit, Greek and Latin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages

[souchi64]

Why is it "ein Buch" and not "einen Buch"? Is it normal or is it because "lesen" goes with Nominative?

[Hohenems]

It is accusative. Buch is a neuter noun. The article for neuter nouns doesn't change in accusative. The only article change from nominative to accusative is for masculine. See definite and indefinite articles in this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension

[varunkasal]

Normally in accusative form " ein will transform to einen " but in this case its still ein buch in accusative. could any one tell me the reason?

[kaptainkc]

'Ein' will become 'einen' only with masculine nouns. 'Buch' is a neuter noun.

[Abhijit48]

My father is reading a book is right & My father's reading a book is wrong. Please correct it

[IbrahimQur3]

Cheating