"Du magst den Apfel."

Translation: You like the apple.

[Teresinha]

Is "den" the acusative of "der"?

[Glutexo]

Exactly!

[Teresinha]

Danke!

[Rubielchen]

Yes.
Der-nominativ
Den-akkutiv
Dem-dativ
Des-genitiv
(Masculine article)

[jdmvcvg]

I didn't know "den" could also mean "that"....

[CradleOfSong]

I think you have mean "denn"

[Twolkai]

SO WHY DONT YOU MARRY IT

[Duomail]

"Du magst den Apfel" does it really mean "you like the apple" as well as "you like that apple"?

[Glutexo]

Yes.

[fariman2]

Why (den) or ein

[MarcosMeji734390]

When a noun is accusative and male then it will have den you is the nominative pronoun because you are committing an action. You are liking something. The apple is being liked. You are the subject and the apple is the object. The apple is also masculine so you change der to den

[Rajeew]

so "den" means both "the" and "that" ?

[CradleOfSong]

Yes, when you have something like:
Du magst den Apfel, den ich dir geschenkt habe.
You like the apple, that I have give you as a gift.

[vankumar17]

"Du magst den Apfel" vs "Du mogt(umlaut) den Apfel"
Don't both translate to You like the apple?

[TrueCB]

Mo:gt is for ihr, magst is for du. It is just the way conjugation works

[vankumar17]

Danke

[Starwolf7]

Is mögen only used for plural?

[aliiftikha4]

What is the difference between "mag" "magst" "mogen" ... Explain their uses plz