What is the difference between Dein and deine in German?
What is the difference between Dein and deine in German?
Let’s have a look at the different forms of German possessive pronouns in the nominative case….
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd person | dein / deine / dein (your; informal) | euer / eure / euer (your; informal) |
| Ihr / Ihre / Ihr (your; formal) | Ihr / Ihre / Ihr (your; formal) |
What is the difference between IHR and Dein?
“Ihr” (written with a lowercase “i”) is the second person plural nominative pronoun. “Du,” “dich” and “dein” is the second person singular pronoun.
What is your plural in German?
The Genitive Pronouns
| German | English |
|---|---|
| unser | our |
| euer | your (informal plural) |
| ihrer | their |
| Ihrer | your (formal singular & plural) |
How do you use EUER in German?
“Eure” means you (plural) own something of the feminine gender, or something in its plural form. “Euer” means you (plural) own something of the male, or neutral, gender.
What is EUER?
your (addressing two or more people informally)
How do you say what time in German?
How to say “At what time?” in German (Um wieviel Uhr?)
Is als a subordinating conjunction?
The rest of the conjunctions act as subordinating, and interrogative words can also act as subordinating conjunctions. Some examples are als-when, bevor-before, bis-until, damit-so that, dass-that, wenn-if/when, ob-whether, obwohl-although, nachdem-after, da-since, während-while, weil-because, and wie-how. 1.
Does Wegen take genitive?
A few German prepositions are governed by the genitive case. That is, they take an object in the genitive case. There are only a few common genitive prepositions in German, including: (an)statt (instead of), außerhalb/innerhalb (outside/inside of), trotz (in spite of), während (during) and wegen (because of).
What prepositions are translated with the dative?
Dative prepositions need to be followed by the dative case:
- aus – out of, from.
- bei – at, amongst, with (like ‘chez’ in French)
- mit – with.
- nach – after; to (country)
- seit – since.
- von – from, of.
- zu – to, at.
- gegenüber (von) – opposite.
Is Uber a dative preposition?
Grammatically, über belongs to that set of German prepositions that can govern either the accusative case or the dative case (“an, auf, hinter, in, neben, über, unter, vor, zwischen”).
Is Zu a Dativ?
1. When Zu Means “To” or “Towards” One of the most common forms of zu is the dative preposition. In this context, it means “to” or “towards” something or someone, and it changes the case of the following noun to dative.
How do you use ohne zu in German?
You can use “ohne zu” + infinitive if the verb after zu takes the same subject as the main clause. This is a kind of short form that works without repeating the subject. “Ohne dass” requires a full subordinate clause including a subject.