Cyerwyn
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:00 PM |
| I'm taking an online college course to learn German, and it is kind of confusing. The book says all nouns have gender articles that precede them: the masculine "Der", the feminine "Die", and the neutral "Das." It gives an example of the masculine article as "Der Tisch." The feminine example is "Die Tur." ## question is, how do you tell the gender of a noun? How does it work? |
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ponaidh
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:02 PM |
coming from someone who goes on duolingo once in a while, and is taking spanish II
things like er and ie are masculine, while things like as and things that end with a are feminine
there are exceptions to both rules, but the main thing you pay attention to is the endings
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:03 PM |
| I know a guy. Shoot me a message and I can give you his info. |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:03 PM |
excuse me i incorperated too much spanish into the question
yes das is neutral
die is feminine
and der is masculine
the gender is based on the endings (er) (ie) and (as)
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:05 PM |
"the gender is based on the endings (er) (ie) and (as)"
except nouns in german don't all end in er, ie, or as
german has a case system:
Singular: Plural: Nom.: der Tisch die Tische Gen.: des Tisch(e)s der Tische Dat.: dem Tisch(e) den Tischen Acc.: den Tisch die Tische
german nouns do not follow a reliable gender system so you have to memorize them |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:07 PM |
some more spanish influence
comer is the spanish verb to eat
Since (er) endings in spanish are masculine, the word is masculine.
Tu comes... (You eat...)
Cantar is masculine, because it ends with an (r). Though you would conjugate the (ar) part.
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:08 PM |
"Since (er) endings in spanish are masculine, the word is masculine"
spanish verbs do not have gender
"Cantar is masculine, because it ends with an (r). Though you would conjugate the (ar) part"
spanish verbs do not have gender |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:09 PM |
| Also pon is right, ## I'm Mexican I know more Spanish; but ## I learn German the endings are roughly the same case. When you are learning German though, the (er) (ie) and (as) is really all you need to know to get going, and then you start learning new endings and such. IT'S DESPERATION! | ########################################### |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:09 PM |
@pon
spanish words have gender fool
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:10 PM |
"spanish words have gender fool"
spanish verbs don't |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:10 PM |
i meant spanish words excuse me
m8
dont bully me please
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:11 PM |
you conjugate verbs based on gender though
so once again
excuse me
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:12 PM |
| wait nvm okay im not going to reply anymore i dug myself a grave and ima go cry ########################################### check it out tho ### IT'S DESPERATION! | ########################################### |
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:12 PM |
"you conjugate verbs based on gender though"
no, you don't
you conjugate verbs based on the subject, not the gender of the subject |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:12 PM |
also m8
how is google doing for ya
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:13 PM |
yea i realized what i said m8 dont bully me before i roast you nino
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:13 PM |
| I don't use google, I'm fluent in Spanish and at university I am majoring in linguistics and spanish with minors in japanese and international relations |
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:14 PM |
"nino"
niño* also I'm a girl so it'd be niña |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:15 PM |
We both know you're a guy fam
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:15 PM |
| but I've posted many photos with timestamps, maybe you're just too new...sad! |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:15 PM |
k
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:16 PM |
| why is it that everyone who uses the word "roast" on the forums is a clueless little boy...it's so sad.. |
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AluminumX
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:18 PM |
each reply makes me wince even more
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ponaidh
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| 04 Feb 2017 03:18 PM |
| probably not as much as your lack of understanding of spanish made me wince....please read a grammar book sometime! |
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