A2.1 · 20 of 28

welcher? dieser! — und mein im Dativ

Lesson · 4 rules · about 5 min

Point at exactly what you mean — Welchen? Diesen hier! — and say who you're with: mit meinem Bruder, bei meiner Schwester.

  1. 1welch- and dies- take der-endings
  2. 2Der da, die hier — pointing with the article
  3. 3Possessives in the dative: -em, -er, -em, -en
  4. 4The dative endings are always -m / -r / -m / -n
Why this matters

Three small article-words round off the case system so far. welch-? asks 'which?' and dies- answers 'this' — and both take the endings of der/die/das in every case: welcher / dieser (der), welche / diese (die), welches / dieses (das), welchen / diesen (accusative masculine), welchem / diesem and welcher / dieser (dative). In conversation the plain article does the same job: Welchen Film? – Den hier. The third piece is the possessives in the dative — meinem Bruder, meiner Schwester, meinen Eltern — which follow the ein-word pattern: -em, -er, -em, -en. After mit, bei, von, zu and every dative verb, that is the ending you need.

Question 1 of 10 · eins
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Artikelwort

Which film? (der)

Film läuft heute? (der)

Which film is on today?