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Possessive pronouns in Nominative and Accusative

▶Demonstrative pronouns in Nominative and Accusative 

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

Neuter

Demonstrative pronouns

Diese Jacke ist schön. 

This jacket is beautiful

Ich brauche dieses Geld     

I need this money.

Wir hassen diesen Ort.   

We hate this place.

Ich will dieses!     

I want this one

Accusative:

Ich mag seinen Hund.   

I like his dog.

Sie will dein Bild.                       

She wants your picture.

Er trinkt deine Suppe.                

He drinks your soup.

Personal pronouns

Nominative:

Mein Auto ist drinnen.         

My car is inside.

Ihre Tochter spielt draußen.    

Her daughter plays outside.

Unser Haus ist groß.        

Our house is big.

3. How do the demonstratives differ when compared to articles?

Dieses Auto ist rot.        

This car is red.

Welches T-Shirt willst du?  

What T-shirt do you want?

Dieses!   

This!

Equivalent to English: this, that, these, those ⮕ used to replace nouns (not always), demonstrative pronouns also are declined according to the case, gender, number.

This, That, These, Those: dieser/diesen, diese, dieses

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"Mutter" (Mother) is a feminine noun, so Mein gets an E and it becomes Meine

Up for a small exercice? What's the explanation for the E from MeinE, in the first sentence?

German also has dependent and independent possessive pronouns. 

DEPENDENT:  The possessive pronouns are placed before the noun, taking on the case, gender and number (sg/pl) of the noun. These are used when we want to express that we have something in possession, that something belongs to us.

Examples: 

Meine Mutter spricht Deutsch. (Nominative, feminine noun, 1st person -ich, sg)

My mother speaks German.

Ihr Vater ist Arzt.  (Nominative, masculine noun, 3rd person - sie, sg)

Her father is a doctor.

Magst du seinen Hund? (Accusative, masculine noun, 3rd person - er, sg)

Do you like his dog?

Take your chance and try to guess these  nouns genders, according to their demonstrative pronouns!

Mrs. Purrplexed wants to play!

Shortly:

This      ▶  Dieser, Diese, Dieses

That     ▶  Diesen, Diese, Dieses

These  ▶  Diese

Those  ▶  Diese

Mr. Puddle give tips:

Let's organize!

Sometimes, analyzing a noun (taking his case, gender, person, number) might be overwhelming, but keep this structure in mind because it t gets easier once you know it: 

Case, Gender, Sg./ Pl.

Mr. Puddle give tips:

Don't worry!

INDEPENDENT: are equivalent to mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs.

We use independent possessive pronouns when we don’t need to use the noun.

For example, instead of “This is my car" we say " This is mine!”

Wem gehört das Telefon? 

Whose phone is this?

Das ist meins!     

This is mine!

▶ 

We’ve already learned the Nominative and Accusative cases in the previous lesson and understood why the function (subject/object) of the nouns is so important to distinguish between cases. 

In German we use possessive pronouns as indicators of possession, the same as in English, the only major distinction is that the possessive pronouns are declined according to the case, gender and number of nouns, while in English the possessive pronouns don’t change at all (my, your, his, her, our, your, their).

V. Let's practice! -  Possesive and demonstrative pronouns

Miss Puddles: Remember -er/ -en for masculine, -es, -s for neuter, -e for feminine and plural, then the similar endings between cases at neuter and feminine( +plural), as long as you know all of these you won’t make many mistakes!

Miss Purrplexed:: Im so purrrrrplexed! Meow!

Miss Purrplexed: Mr. Puddle! This lesson is so useful! Now I know how to say that something belongs to me! But there are so many endings

IV. Purrrfection explained! -  Possesive and demonstrative pronouns

▶ It’s easy to learn if you memorize the endings for: 

Feminine (-e + plural)

Neuter(-s/ -es)

Masculine (-er, -en).

Feminine and neuter don’t change forms between cases, only masculine gets -en in the accusative form.

III.  Tips & Tricks : How to learn them easily? - Possesive and demonstrative pronouns

II.  Practical examples - Possesive and demonstrative pronouns

Possesive and demonstrative pronouns in German

I. Theory and definitions: Possesive and demonstrative pronouns

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