A1.2 · 2 of 36
Possessivartikel
Lesson · 4 rules · about 5 min
Say whose things are whose — mein, dein, sein, ihr — and get the ending right by looking at the noun, not the owner.
- 1Pick the owner
- 2Then add the ein-ending for the noun
- 3sein vs ihr — his vs her
- 4euer loses an e
Why this matters
Possessive articles say whose something is — mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, Ihr — and they behave exactly like ein: they take the ein-endings, decided by the noun that follows, not by the owner. So mein Vater (masculine), mein Kind (neuter), meine Mutter (feminine), meine Eltern (plural); and in the accusative the masculine adds -en: Ich sehe meinen Vater. The owner only decides which word you start from: sein for his (and for its with a der/das-word), ihr for her (and for their), Ihr with a capital for your (formal). Choose the owner, then add the ending for the noun — two separate decisions, in that order.
mein (my, Nom.)
Das ist Vater.
That is my father.
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Possessivartikel · A1.2
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