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German adjective endings chart11/29/2023 ![]() What about our 3 exception spots when dealing with indefinite articles? The same final letters on the various ‘the’s and ‘a’s are the same letters you see listed under the in the All-In-One Chart. Now, look again at the definite articles and indefinite articles charts with this new All-In-One Chart below them for easy reference. ![]() All-In-One Chart Combines Both Articles Charts! There is much more that the two conventional charts (and the other 8 I mentioned!) have in common than not - that’s why we can combine the charts into one that simply has 3 exception spots. ![]() There are only 3 spots (<– out of 16, not bad!) when that isn’t the case, in the: That’s it! As a rule, the very last letter of each version of ‘the’ and each version of ‘a’ is the same. Can you see the similarities and differences? Definite & Indefinite Articles Charts, Comparedįirst, compare the definite & indefinite articles charts to each other. All our bases are covered and you’ve got a solid foundation in German that doesn’t involve 10 mind-numbing, overwhelming, unnecessary charts. That means that it’s possible to combine them all and just mention a handful of special exceptions. The good news is that all these charts have much more in common than not. So, imagine the two conventional articles charts from above … but with another 8 charts on top of them with just itty bitty changes that somehow you have to remember.Īre you feeling overwhelmed yet? I hear ya. Mixed Adjectives (with ein-word Determiners) You’d have all these charts thrown at you: You could insert a ‘k-‘ in front of any form of ‘ein-‘ in the rest of the table to have the correct form of ‘not a / an / any’ for the other genders / cases!) Articles, the smarter wayĪs you’ve gotten a taste of with the conventional definite articles and indefinite articles charts above, traditionally, German students are introduced to lots and lots of separate charts for all the various words that come in front of nouns (the technical term for these words is modifiers). (NOTE: of course, one can’t say ‘a / an’ in front of a plural noun, but I’ve included a plurals column with the word ‘kein’ so that you can still see the declensions in the plural. You can see how these indefinite articles change - just like the definite ones - based on the gender & case of the noun they are preceding (coming in front of). Similarly, the many ways of saying ‘a’ in German are usually taught with this chart: case (nominative, accusative, dative, or genitive).gender (masculine, feminine, neuter, or plural).The way you say ‘the’ changes based on the noun’s… This is how the definite articles are conventionally taught. ![]() How to say ‘the’ and ‘a’ changes based on the gender & case of the noun that follows! What do I mean with “all the different ways to say …”? Indefinite articles is “grammar-speak” for ‘a’ - all the different ways of saying ‘a’ in German. Definite articles in German are just the collection of different ways to say ‘the’.
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