| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Ist das (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| Ist das (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| deins |
| deins |
| Ist das deins? |
| Ist das deins? |
| "Is that yours?" |
| We use deins in this sentence because it is the possessive pronoun for du "you," informal singular, and it's used to ask if something belongs to that person. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Das ist nicht deins, das ist (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Das ist nicht deins, das ist (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| meins |
| meins |
| Das ist nicht deins, das ist meins. |
| Das ist nicht deins, das ist meins. |
| "That's not yours, that's mine." |
| We use meins in this sentence because it is the possessive pronoun for ich "I," used to say that something belongs to the speaker. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Ist das euer Haus? Nein, das ist (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Ist das euer Haus? Nein, das ist (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| unseres |
| unseres |
| Ist das euer Haus? Nein, das ist unseres. |
| Ist das euer Haus? Nein, das ist unseres. |
| "Is that your house? No, that's ours." |
| We use unseres in this sentence because it replaces das as a demonstrative pronoun. The demonstrative "das" is neuter, so the corresponding possessive pronoun is neuter. |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Ich |
| Ich glaube, |
| Ich glaube, das |
| Ich glaube, das ist |
| Ich glaube, das ist seins. |
| "I think that's his." |
| Ich glaube, das ist seins. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Ist das ihres oder (mich or meins)? |
| Ist das ihres oder (mich or meins)? |
| meins |
| meins |
| Ist das ihres oder meins? |
| "Is that hers or mine?" |
| Meins is used here because it is the possessive pronoun for ich "I," and is being contrasted with ihres, the possessive for sie "she." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| Entschuldigung, ist das Auto (Ihres or sein)? |
| Entschuldigung, ist das Auto (Ihres or sein)? |
| Ihres |
| Ihres |
| Entschuldigung, ist das Auto Ihres? |
| "Excuse me, is that car yours?" |
| Ihres is used here because it is the formal possessive pronoun for Sie, "you," formal, showing respectful address when asking if the car belongs to someone. |
| Let's translate some sentences into German. |
| Translate "No, that's not his, that's hers." into German. |
| Nein, the interjection, meaning "no." |
| followed by |
| das, the subject, meaning "that." |
| next |
| ist, the third-person singular of the verb sein, meaning "is." |
| followed by |
| nicht, the negation, meaning "not." |
| next |
| seins, the stand-alone possessive pronoun for er (he), meaning "his." |
| followed by |
| das, the subject of the second clause, meaning "that." |
| next |
| ist, the third-person singular of sein, meaning "is." |
| followed by |
| ihres, the possessive pronoun for sie (she), meaning "hers." |
| We use seins and ihres because they are the possessive pronouns for er "he" and sie "she," respectively. They are used here to contrast ownership between two third-person singular people. |
| Nein, das ist nicht seins, das ist ihres. |
| Nein, das ist nicht seins, das ist ihres. |
| "No, that's not his, that's hers." |
| Translate "That's not my backpack. Is that yours?" into German. |
| Das, the subject, meaning "that." |
| followed by |
| ist, the third-person singular of sein, meaning "is." |
| next |
| nicht, the negation, meaning "not." |
| followed by |
| mein, the possessive adjective for ich (I), meaning "my." |
| next |
| Rucksack, the noun, meaning "backpack." |
| followed by |
| Ist, the verb at the beginning of the second sentence, meaning "is." |
| next |
| das, the subject, meaning "that." |
| followed by |
| deiner, the stand-alone possessive pronoun for du (you), masculine form, meaning "yours." |
| We use deiner in this sentence because Rucksack is masculine, and deiner is the masculine form of the possessive pronoun for du "you," informal. |
| Das ist nicht mein Rucksack. Ist das deiner? |
| Das ist nicht mein Rucksack. Ist das deiner? |
| "That's not my backpack. Is that yours?" |
| Translate "The phone? Yes, that's mine." into German. |
| Das Handy, the subject, meaning "the phone." |
| followed by |
| Ja, the affirmative word, meaning "yes." |
| next |
| das, the subject of the clause, meaning "that." |
| followed by |
| ist, the third-person singular of sein, meaning "is." |
| next |
| meins, the stand-alone possessive pronoun for ich "I," used for neuter nouns, meaning "mine." |
| We use meins in this sentence because it is the possessive pronoun for ich (I), referring to something owned by the speaker — in this case, das Handy (a neuter noun). |
| Das Handy? Ja, das ist meins. |
| Das Handy? Ja, das ist meins. |
| "The phone? Yes, that's mine." |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which possessive pronoun is used in the sentences? |
| Ist das deins? |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Ist das deins? |
| Did you hear, deins? |
| Deins, meaning "yours" in an informal context, is used before a noun to ask about ownership from du. |
| How about...? |
| Ich glaube, das ist seins. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Ich glaube, das ist seins. |
| Did you hear, seins? |
| Seins, meaning "his," is used to refer to something owned by er, "he." |
| Next… |
| Ist das ihres oder meins? |
| One more time. |
| Ist das ihres oder meins? |
| Did you hear, ihres? |
| Ihres, meaning "hers," is used to refer to something owned by sie, "she." |
| And... |
| Das ist nicht mein Rucksack. Ist das deiner? |
| One more time. |
| Das ist nicht mein Rucksack. Ist das deiner? |
| Did you hear, deiner? |
| Deiner, meaning "yours" (masculine object), is the possessive for du, used when the object is masculine, like Rucksack. |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to talk about possession in German. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| Bis bald! |
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