- grammar - The difference between mein and meine - German Language . . .
2) Meine I selected Mein which I found to be incorrect In the discussion thread somebody who claimed to be a native speaker mentioned that if some adjectives are used directly before the noun, then it should be 'Meine' But here no adjective is used before the noun, Hemden, but still 'Meine' is correct I don't understand why
- How to find out when to use mein or meine? [closed]
Mein Ideal (singular subject) vs Meine Ideale (plural subject) Thus you see, you have to determine the gender or plurality of the subject word in first place (which isn't actually following regular rules in German, and you just need to memorize the irregularities) to decide, if you use mein or meine for each particular case
- Possessive pronoun: Why mein Auto, not meinen Auto?
The reason why "mein" is correct in your example is the 'gender' of the word "Auto" More specifically, "mein" is for words that have would have the "das" article, while "meine" is female and used for words that would have the "die" article For words with the male "der" article, "meinen" would be used here
- declension - When to use which pronoun declination: mein, meiner, meine . . .
I learned that a pronoun should take an ending in accordance with its gender, case, numerus, etc whenever it refers to some noun in particular — ‘Das Auto ist meins’ for example So in the following poem, why is mein used instead of meine, even though it specifically refers to die Jahre? Mein sind die Jahre nicht, die mir die Zeit genommen
- How can you tell apart the pronunciation at the end between meine and . . .
The two are different phonemes to a German ear, so to a German they sound sufficiently different to be distinguished However, the sounds are close It has been pointed out that meine uses an e-shwa ə while meiner uses what is often termed an a-shwa ɐ
- What is the difference among the verbs meinen, bedeuten, and . . .
This verb has two main meanings One is simply "to opine", "to express the opinion" (ich meine, dass es eine gute Idee wäre, nach Hause zu gehen), but this is relatively rare The most common meaning is "to intend to express a specific meaning" "Was hast du damit gemeint?" = "What did you mean by that?", i e
- Was ist das Gegenteil von »Meine Wenigkeit«? [closed]
Was verstehst du hier konkret als Gegenteil? »Meine Wenigkeit« ist eine unterwürfige selbstbezeichnung, die früher vielleicht in Gesprächen mit rang- oder sozial höher gestellten Personen angebracht war, heutzutage aber eher ironisch oder sarkastisch verwendet wird
- Differences between Wie folgend and wie folgendes
Quite simple: You might say "Folgendes ist mein Hobby:" (= singular) or "Folgende sind meine Hobbies:" (= plural) "Arbeitszeiten" is plural However as a native speaker I would say that everyone would put the "folgende" at the end and not at the beginning of the sentence: "Meine Arbeitszeiten sind folgende:" –
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