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Chapter 3.7 Possessive Adjectives - Paul Joyce Beginners' German
Chapter 3.7 Possessive Adjectives - Paul Joyce Beginners' German
Chapter 3.7 Possessive Adjectives - Paul Joyce Beginners' German
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Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Plural
My
mein
meine
mein
meine
Your
(sing.)
dein
Ihr
deine
Ihre
dein
Ihr
deine
Ihre
His
sein
seine
sein
seine
Her
ihr
ihre
ihr
ihre
Its
sein
seine
sein
seine
Our
unser
unsere
unser
unsere
Your
(plural)
euer
Ihr
eure
Ihre
euer
Ihr
eure
Ihre
Index
Their
ihr
ihre
ihr
ihre
Chapter 1
Her
ihr
ihre
ihr
ihre
Chapter 2
Its
sein
seine
sein
seine
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Once again, we find that the endings on all possessive adjectives change
when they are in the accusative. We require a second table to explain these
fully:
Pronunciation
German Alphabet
Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Plural
My
meinen
meine
mein
meine
Your
(sing.)
deinen
Ihren
deine
Ihre
dein
Ihr
deine
Ihre
His
seinen
seine
sein
seine
Her
ihren
ihre
ihr
ihre
Its
seinen
seine
sein
seine
Our
unseren
unsere
unser
unsere
Your
(plural)
euren
Ihren
eure
Ihre
euer
Ihr
eure
Ihre
Their
ihren
ihre
ihr
ihre
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Grammatical points
1) Be very careful to distinguish between Ihr (= "your" (polite)) and ihr (=
"their; her"). The capital letter is crucial here!
2) The spelling of the various forms of euer, which means "your" when you
are addressing more than one person informally, can prove difficult. When
an ending is added to "euer", the second "-e-" of the stem disappears.
So whilst "your child" is "euer Kind", "your children" translates as "eure
Kinder", and "your cat" is "eure Katze".
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