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With der-words, gender is shown in the determiner. With ein-words, gender is shown in the<br />
adjective. For example:<br />
Nominative: der alte Mann diese alte Frau jedes alte Haus<br />
Accusative: * diese alte Frau jedes alte Haus<br />
the old man this old woman each old house<br />
Nominative: ein alter Mann seine alte Frau kein altes Haus<br />
Accusative: * seine alte Frau kein altes Haus<br />
an old man his old wife no old house<br />
*(We’ll look at the masculine accusative forms later.)<br />
With both kinds of determiners, the adjective ending is always -en in the masculine accusative<br />
and throughout the dative and genitive with feminine and neuter nouns. In the plural, all<br />
adjectives with these determiners have an -en ending. For example:<br />
Singular<br />
Accusative: jenen guten Mann * *<br />
Dative: jenem guten Mann einer klugen Frau welchem neuen Haus<br />
Genitive: jenes guten Mannes einer klugen Frau welches neuen Hauses<br />
that good man a smart woman which new house<br />
*(See above for feminine and neuter accusative forms.)<br />
Plural<br />
Nominative:<br />
Accusative:<br />
Dative:<br />
Genitive:<br />
seine alten Bücher<br />
seine alten Bücher<br />
seinen alten Büchern<br />
seiner alten Bücher<br />
his old books<br />
The determiners alle (all) and beide (both) are exceptions. They are der-words but are only<br />
used in the plural. For example:<br />
Nominative: alle alten Bücher beide guten Kinder<br />
Accusative: alle alten Bücher beide guten Kinder<br />
Dative: allen alten Büchern beiden guten Kindern<br />
Genitive: aller alten Bücher beider guten Kinder<br />
all old books<br />
both good children<br />
Übung<br />
9·1<br />
Provide an appropriate adjective for each of the following phrases. Then use that phrase in<br />
a <strong>sentence</strong> in the same case in which it is given.<br />
Example: mit dem Kind<br />
mit dem kranken Kind<br />
Sie wollte mit dem kranken Kind sprechen.<br />
1. a. von seiner Mutter<br />
b. <br />
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