"He is a boy."

Translation: Er ist ein Junge.

[OhWhyHello]

What is the difference between 'junge' and 'Junge'? Also, when should 'ist' and 'bist' be used interchangeably?

[christian]

"junge" is an adjective meaning "young" and "Junge" is a noun meaning "boy".

Der junge Junge. = The young boy.

"ist" and "bist" are never used interchangeably.

http://goo.gl/v0gpu

[philly.eva]

"Bist" is talking directly to someone while "ist" is talking about something

[OhWhyHello]

I worded that terribly. When should 'ist' be used instead of 'bist' and vice versa? I'm only on lesson 2, is that explained later?

[MyriamXilo]

You should use 'bist' with 'Du' and use 'ist' with 'Er and Sie'

[christian]

Have a look at the link I posted earlier.

[ninjy85]

when am i suppose to be saying eine

[TayTay4782]

eine is a feminine. and ein is masculine.

[Rachel.Q]

hi,where are you from?our teacher told us that Junge is the correct answer, and ist mean is, bist mean are

[mihir.2512]

According to german grammer all nouns should be capatiled latters.....
So Junge is use inbehalf of junge....

[conifer]

ein vs einen ???How to disapart them

[4ever2night]

Ein is for males and children eine is for females

[dblokillo]

And einen? When do you use it?

[ACardAttack]

When "is" is used, you stay in the nominative

[LateAtNight]

I can't understand why the translation is "Er ist ein Junge" and not "Er ist einen Junge"...
Der Apfel --> einen Apfel, Der Junge --> ein Junge???

Aren't both masculine?

Thank you

[dEhiN]

Einen is used for masculine nouns when they are in accusative case (ie, when they are the direct object of the sentence). In a sentence like "er ist ein Junge", both Junge and er are considered the subject (or nominative case) since they refer to the same person. It's like saying er = Junge.

[peppercats]

One was accusative and one wasn't, changing ein to einen.

[catlover12343]

It counted it wrong when i said "er ist ein Junge".... And ein is 1....

[cakekate]

what is the difference between definite "das" and indefinite "ein"? I don't understand the difference between definite and indefinite.

[christian]

http://german.about.com/library/blcase_sum.htm

[m_charbo]

Ist vs isst?

[peter_coulton]

ist = is
isst = is eating
I think

[NicolaManabat0]

Why do capitals appear all the time!!

[Girlcatlove1524]

You capitalize nouns in german c:

[Padilla.Carlos]

How can I tell nouns the App didn't teach? such as Er, Du, etc...

[johnclover]

Duolingo is about learning with trial and error. You're supposed to get things wrong and then learn from there. A lot of times it will give you the dictionary translation of a word if you click it though.

[sslib]

So now I'm very confused about personal pronouns in German. As far as I know, "Ich" means "I" and "Du" means "You". And the rest of them is literally chaos. What do "er", "sie", "es" respectively mean? And What are "Wir", "Ihr" and "sie/Sie"? Also I wanna know the difference between "Sie" and "sie".

[ouvek]

er = he; sie = she; es = it;

[zizau]

"Sie" is used when you address respectfully to someone and it can refer both to singular or plural form of "you".
Wie heissen Sie ? - What is your name? (formal) - and think that this example stands both for singular and plural (addressing to a single person or many, but in a respectful way).
"sie" = they. Nothing else special about it...
Hope you understood something. I'm not good at explaining things. :D

[Mahshid949051]

Hi

[ph.QUBEqV]

Hey i want to say why you cant add voice pronounsesion that easy to lerne any la

[MariPulR]

So Sie has two meanings: She and they. Am I right?

[Rankral]

Indeed

[AnnaLouder56]

Hi I am a german...
I can help you with german...

[Jade314230]

It didn't let me complete typing the sentence and then told me it was wrong.

[ph.QPNn1A]

Why Er why not sie

[STEFFIFI0902]

Er is for masculine name. Sie for feminine, formal form of you singular and for you plural.