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Let’s look at some more examples.
Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.
Das ist meine Familie. Mein Mann, mein Sohn, meine Tochter, und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Mein Mann, mein Sohn, meine Tochter, und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Meine Frau, mein Sohn, meine Tochter, und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Meine Frau, mein Sohn, meine Tochter, und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Meine Frau, meine Tochter, und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Meine Frau, meine Tochter, und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Mein Sohn, mein Mann und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Mein Sohn, mein Mann und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Mein Mann, meine Söhne, und ich.
Das ist meine Familie. Mein Mann, meine Söhne, und ich.
Did you notice the phrase the last speaker uses when she points out her sons?
Das ist meine Familie. Mein Mann, meine Söhne, und ich.
My husband, my sons, and me.
Meine Söhne translates as "my sons.". Meine Söhne.
Let’s start with Söhne. "Sons." Söhne. Söhne.
Söhne is plural — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence.
In German all plural nouns behave the same way whether they’re masculine, feminine or neuter.
Note: at this point in your language journey, it might be helpful to remember that the plural definite article is usually the same as the feminine singular definite article.
Before Söhne is meine, "my." Meine.
Meine is plural to agree with Söhne.
To say “my daughters,” meine Töchter. Meine Töchter.
To refer to a group of children, "my children," meine Kinder. Meine Kinder.
You should be aware of the plural form, but you won’t need it for this lesson.

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