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- Dieses Land ist schön.
Dieses Land ist schön.
1355
Okay, maybe I am having a very bad day, but, why Dieses and not Dies? Land is neuter, oder?
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574
Because the demontrative pronouns are dieser (masc.), diese (feminine) and dieses (neuter). So really it is very straight forward. If you say "dies" then you're implying a comparison to something else, eg. "dies Land ist schoen aber jenes Land ist nicht so schoen".
1355
Oh, thanks. I really did not know. If das is used to mean "this" or "that" does das become a demonstrative pronoun?
574
yes, in that case "das" would be a demontrative pronoun, too, as you put emphasis on one particular thing. When you look at what I just typed, you have a demonstrative "that" right there. "In that case" can be translated with "in diesem Fall" (it's dative because of the preposition "in") but also with "in DEM Fall" and you would probably put a bit more emphasis on the "dem" when you're speaking. Am I making sense?