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steelafan36
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Ok, here is another one....

Postby steelafan36 » November 7th, 2009 11:12 pm

What is the differance in usage for mein, meiner and meinem?? This is weird to me. Please help.

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Postby vmacdougal » November 10th, 2009 4:09 pm

The possessive pronouns (mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, ihr) take the same endings as "ein". They take different endings depending on the gender (masculine, feminine, neuter, plural), and case (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive).

Mein Hund ist alt.
Ich füttere meinen Hund.
Ich werfe meinem Hund einen Knochen.

Meine Katze ist alt.
Ich füttere meine Katze.
Ich werfe meiner Katze einen Maus.

I hope this helps.

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Postby steelafan36 » November 17th, 2009 8:33 pm

:shock:


ok....guess I should have learned the ways to use "ein".

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Postby Allan Mahnke » November 17th, 2009 10:06 pm

Good idea! The "ein" word endings (ein, mein, dein usw) are important, but don't forget there are also the so-called "der" words (aller, dieser, jeder usw.) It's very important to know them all.

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