czwartek, 24 października 2013

Lesson 3 - plural and singular in German

Das Buch is schön (The book is beautiful)
Die Bücher sind shön (The books are beautiful)


das Buch, Bucher                        - book, books
der Roman, Romane                 - novel, novels
die Erzählung, Erzählungen   - narration/story , narrations/stories 
die Geschichte, Geschichten  - story, stories
der Krimi , Krimis                        - detective story, detective stories
der Artikel, Artikel                     - article, articles


ist - is
sind  - (they) are

schön - beautiful, nice
spannend - exciting, suspenseful 
interessant - interesting

There are two grammatical numbers in German : plural and singular.
There is no indication of gender in the plural. The plural form of the definite article is "die". 



The plural of nouns is irregular.

There are different types of endings of nouns in plural, such as : 
The plural of some nouns is formed by using an umlaut (these letters with two dots hanging above them ) , e.g. ü instead of u.

singular                     plural
das Buch                           die Bücher


Now some exercises to remember these rules better : 

Exercise 1/6
The novel is suspenseful.  (exciting)
The novels are suspenseful. (exciting)

...
...

Der Roman ist spannend.
Die Romane sind spannend.

Exercise 2/6
The narration is interesting.
The narrations are interesting. 

...
...

Die Erzählung ist interessant.
Die Erzählungen sind interessant.

Exercise 3/6
The book is beautiful.

The books are beautiful. 

...
...

Der Buch is schön.
Die Bücher sind shön.

Exercise 4/6
The detective story is suspenseful.
The detective stories are suspenseful.
...
...

Der Krimi ist spannend.
Die Krimis sind spannend. 

Exercise 5/6
The article is interesting.
The articles are interesting. 

...
...

Der Artikel ist interessant.
Die Artikel sind interessant.

Exercise 6/6
The story is beautiful. 
The stories are beautiful.

...
...

Die Geschichte ist schön.
Die Geschichten sind shön.


That's it for today's morning phrases and words to learn.
Take care, learn new words  and, sooner or later, you'll become fluent in German :)

Cheers,
Bryvus

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