GrammarA1· Geburtstag & Einladungen
Die Possessivartikel
Possessive articles: my, your, his, her
Kartoffel · your teacher
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From what you know
eine Schwesterbecomesmeine Schwester6 parts · about 6 min
1What & when
In one line
In one lineThe owner picks the word; the noun picks the ending, just like ein.
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Before
Das ist eine Schwester.
Watch the sentence change …
meine takes the place of eine. It has the same ending, -e, because Schwester is a die-word.
„Das ist meine Schwester.“ — This is my sister.
Kartoffel
First, what is it?
are small words that say whose something is. mein is my, dein is your, sein is his and ihr is her. unser is our, and there are a few more. They stand before a noun, in the place of ein or der.
Kartoffel
And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:
Geburtstag & EinladungenYou need them when you talk about your people and your things. When you plan a birthday, that is almost every sentence:
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