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 Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:45 pm
Hallo! ^^ I am newer to German, and need some clarification on the Masculine, Feminine and Neuter words~ They all seem to be alike (der, des, dem, den, das, des, die,) And all those seem to be used for both male and female... Then, I don't understand, why is there/how do you use the male/female/neutral words if they are all similar/the same?
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:21 pm
männlich (masculine): der
weiblich (feminine): die
neutral: das
But a noun is always in a different form. If it's the object it's not as if it's the subject.
they are four "Fälle" :
Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ
männlich: der (N), des (G), dem (D), den (A)
weiblich: die (N), der (G), der (D), die (A)
neutral: das (N), des (G), dem (D), das (A)
Nominativ is the subject for example: der Mann/dieFrau/dasKind isst. (the man/the woman/the child is eating)
Genitiv is if you ask who to something belong (in form of: this is... of...). example: das ist das Haus des Mannes /der Frau/des Kindes. (This is the house of the man/the woman/the child)
Dativ (I don't know how to explain sorry): Ich helfe dem Mann/der Frau/dem Kind. (I help the man/the woman/the child)
Akkusativ says what (object) it is: Ich sehe den Mann/die Frau/das Kind (I see the man/ the woman/the child)
I hope it helps you, but unfortunately there is no rule, whether a word is male, female or neutral.
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:39 am
Thanks! That helped a ton!!! ^^
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:50 pm
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