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The Secret of the German Language

The Secret of the German Language. Lesson 6: Today will be a good day. Today those little orphaned endings will be adopted. This shows the humanity of the German case system. And this time Daddy Warbucks isn’t needed to adopt little orphaned endings. The Secret of the German Language.

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The Secret of the German Language

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  1. The Secret of the German Language • Lesson 6: • Today will be a good day. • Today those little orphaned endings will be adopted. • This shows the humanity of the German case system. • And this time Daddy Warbucks isn’t needed to adopt little orphaned endings.

  2. The Secret of the German Language • Do you remember when endings are orphaned? • There are three positions only. • Which types of words orphan their endings? • Ein- words are the only ones to orphan their endings. • So who would be generous enough to adopt these poor stray little orphan endings?

  3. The Secret of the German Language • Drum roll, please . . . • Adjectives. • That’s right, adjectives are the most generous words on planet German. • Adjectives want to adopt any orphaned endings. • In fact, a line of adjectives will all share an orphan ending, making his life just swell.

  4. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) So if you see these  symbols, ein- words orphan their endings in those three cases. You might have a sentence like: Ein Mann ist hier. 

  5. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Ein Mann ist hier.  So the –r that is normally there: Der Mann ist hier. Dieser Mann ist hier. etc. That –r has been orphaned.

  6. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Ein Mann ist hier.  But along comes a generous adjective like groß. The adjective wants to adopt that little orphaned ending: Ein großer Mann ist hier.

  7. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Ein großer Mann ist hier. In fact, if there are more adjectives, they all want to adopt: Ein großer, netter, schöner Mann ist hier. Don’t you feel better now?

  8. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) This happens with the two S cases as well: Ein Kind ist hier.  Ein doofes Kind ist hier. Ich habe ein Spielzeug.  Ich habe ein neues Spielzeug.

  9. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) So let’s try a few: Sein__ schön__ Frau ist jung.

  10. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Sein__ schön__ Frau ist jung. In this case there is no orphan ending and no adoption. Just the regular crooked line rule.

  11. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? The first ending (e) is the E from RESE. The second is the adjective ending from the crooked line. Seineschöne Frau istjung.

  12. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Okay, how about this one? Herr Schmidt schlägt d__ faul__ Kind (n.)mitdem Lineal.

  13. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) This doesn’t use ein- words. It uses der-words. Therefore no orphaned ending and no adoption. Just the crooked line rule. Herr Schmidt schlägt d__ faul__ Kind (n.)mitdem Lineal.

  14. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? Herr Schmidt schlägt das faule Kind mit dem Lineal.

  15. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) But if we do use ein- words, things change: Herr Schmidt schlägtkein__ faul__ Kind (n) mitdem Lineal.

  16. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Here we have an orphaned ending and a generous adjective to adopt it. Herr Schmidt schlägtkein__ faul__ Kind (n)mitdem Lineal.

  17. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? Herr Schmidt schlägt kein faules Kind mit dem Lineal.

  18. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Here’s another one: Unser__ hässlich__ Lehrer schautein__ hübsch__ Kätzchen an.

  19. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? Unser hässlicher Lehrer schauteinhübschesKätzchen an.

  20. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Here’s another: Mein__ nett__ Mutter gibt mein__ verrückt__ Bruder ein__ gelb__ Blume.

  21. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Nothing was orphaned this time. Meine nette Mutter gibt meinem verrückten Bruder eine gelbe Blume.

  22. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) One more: D__ grün__ Apfel dein__ älter__ Schwester ist verdorben.

  23. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) That’s genitive and nothing was orphaned. Der grüne Apfel deiner älteren Schwester ist verdorben.

  24. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Okay, can you handle some translations? Her blue pencil is gone (use weg)

  25. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Good thing she has more than one pencil. Did you get the orphaned ending and the adopted ending? Ihr blauer Bleistift ist weg.

  26. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) How about this one: The happy boy saw his old girlfriend.

  27. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) No wonder he’s happy. DerglücklicheJunge hat seinealteFreundingesehen.

  28. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Here’s a real challenge: This nice teacher reads a good story to every young child. (Write as: This nice teacher reads every young child a good story)

  29. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Must have been a Sabine und Michael story! Dieser nette Lehrer liest jedem jungen Kind eine gute Geschichte.

  30. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) One final shot: A nice girl’s big dog is sweet. Do you know how to change that?

  31. -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) adjective Endings Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) The big dog of a nice girl is sweet Der große Hund eines netten Mädchens ist süß. No orphaned endings here.

  32. The Secret of the German Language • And now today’s tip: • Words that end in –schaft, -ung and –tät are always feminine: • Freundschaft • Zeitung • Universität

  33. adjective Endings -e masculine feminine neuter plural -en Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive)

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