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"Is your shirt white?"
Translation:Ist dein Hemd weiß?
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? You got me confused there... Remember that in German the articles are very important, and we have the masculine, feminine and neuter. So, we can use "Euer" for masculine and neuter, e.g. euer Hund (because Hund is Der Hund, masculine) and for neuter, like: euer Brot (Because Brot, bread, is 'Das Brot'); therefore we use euere for feminine, such as euere Frau - your wife, because wife is feminine (Die Frau). Hope I could help...
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the difference between 'dein' and 'deine' please anyone? is dein used for singular and masculine and deine used for feminine and plurals? its so confusing. thanks for your help
No. The following translations are possible.
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Ist dein Hemd weiß? (informal, addressing one person)
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Ist euer Hemd weiß? (informal, addressing more than one person)
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Ist Ihr Hemd weiß? (formal, addressing one or more people)
You might want to give this a thorough read. Note that there's a second page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/grammar/possessivepronounsrev1.shtml