![]() which means, “I have a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. If you feel like you have a handle on indefinite articles, try this fun sentence –Ich habe einen Hund, eine Katze, und ein Meerschweinchen. It follows certain verbs and prepositions. ![]() For feminine indefinite articles, Eine in nominative and accusative or einer in genitive and dative are the only options. if you have two nouns (one accusative, one dative), the dative noun precedes the accusative noun pronouns precede nouns an accusative pronoun precedes the. The accusative case is used for the thing or person receiving the action of a verb. The accusative case is the only case in which the masculine and the neuter indefinite articles are different from each other. For example, Das Land gehört einem Unternehmen meaning “The land belongs to a (neuter) company.” If the noun is in the dative case the articles change to einem (masculine/neuter) and einer (feminine). meaning “It's the car of a (female) friend.” For example, Es ist das Auto einer Freundin. If the noun is in the genitive case, the articles change to eines (masculine/neuter) and einer (feminine). An example would be Ich rufe einen Kollegen an. If the noun is in the accusative case it's einen (masculine), eine (feminine) and ein (neuter). If the noun is in the nominative case, the articles are ein in masculine and neuter, and eine in feminine. ![]() There are four cases- nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative. Eine Frau, for example, would be “one woman.” The indefinite article changes according to the case of the noun. “One man” is masculine so it would be ein Mann, while “one house” is neuter so it would be ein Haus.Įine is used for feminine nouns. For example, ein Hund “one dog” or eine Katze “one cat.” They shouldn’t be confused with the actual number for “one”, which is Eins.Įin is used for masculine and neuter nouns. You can also use these articles for the word “one” but only when you're counting. The question for this lesson is: What are the different versions of ein and eine and how do I use them?Įin and eine are indefinite articles like “a” and “an” in English. Welcome to Ask a Teacher, where I’ll answer some of your most common German questions.
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