222. Adjective Endings
You may have noticed in your German already that adjectives used in conjunction with a noun require an adjective ending. If the adjective is alone towards the end of the clause, then no ending is required. Let's look at what I mean here ... The new car is expensive. New in German will require an adjective ending but expensive does not. It looks like this ... der neue Wagen ist teuer.
There are 3 types of Adjective Endings in German ....
1 Adjectives used on their own with a noun ... e.g. new clothes, old men, big boats
2 Adj's after ein, kein, mein, dein etc. e.g. a new suit, no bad day, my good clothes
3 Adj's after der, die, das, dieser etc. e.g. the poor people, this great shop
In Post 71 we looked at how the endings on Demonstrative Adjectives worked. They become important here because the endings on the adjectives in Categories 1 & 2 above are very similar.
This is how the dieser, diese, dieses Table worked we saw before …
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nom. dieser diese dieses diese (Subject)
Acc. diesen diese dieses diese (Object - direct)
Gen dieses (guten) dieser dieses (guten) dieser (Poss'n - 'of' 's s')
Dat diesem dieser diesem diesen (Indir. Object - 'to' 'for' )
1. Adjectives on their own .... have the same endings except for the Genitive Case Masculine and Neuter when the ending is 'en' ( see (guten) above). The table will look like this...
Dat diesem dieser diesem diesen (Indir. Object - 'to' 'for' )
1. Adjectives on their own .... have the same endings except for the Genitive Case Masculine and Neuter when the ending is 'en' ( see (guten) above). The table will look like this...
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nom. guter Wein süße Limo altes Bier schicke Klamotten
Acc. guten Wein süße Limo altes Bier schicke Klamotten
Gen guten Weins süßer Limo alten Biers schicker Klamotten
Dat gutem Wein süßer Limo altem Bier schicken Klamotten
Dat gutem Wein süßer Limo altem Bier schicken Klamotten
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