german grammer

jellybeans

HI there I have been diving myself crazy with this, so here it is

I see a big dog - unbestimmt (indefinite) Ich sehe einen grossen hund

I see the big dog - bestimmt (definite) ich sehe den grossen hund

I see big dogs - bestimmt or unbestimmt ??????? I think unbestimmt but according to my rules there is no adjective endings for unbestimmt and plural - arghhhh

An Citeog

Ich sehe einen (großen) Hund.

"Ich" is the subject of the sentence and "ein Hund" is the direct object. The subject takes the nominative case and the object takes the accusative case, which changes "ein" to "einen".

It's the exact same principle in the second sentence.

Ich sehe den großen Hund.

"Der große Hund" changes to "den großen Hund".

The last one is, Ich sehe große Hunde.

Here, the adjective takes on the ending that the article would have (die). It's been a couple of years since I did proper German grammar though!

jellybeans

can you just confirm that my endings are correct as per this link

http://german.about.com/library/anfang/blanfang05.htm

Nominativ Case

Bestimmt
masculine - e
feminine - e
neuter - e
plural - en

unbestimmt
mas - er
fem - e
neuter - es
pl - no endings

Akkusativ

Bestimmt
Mas- en
fem - e
neuter - e
pl - en

Unbestimmt
mas - en
fem - e
neuter - es
no plural endings

An Citeog

jellybeans wrote: »

can you just confirm that my endings are correct

Nominativ Case

Bestimmt
masculine - e
feminine - e
neuter - e
plural - en

unbestimmt
mas - er
fem - e
neuter - es
pl - en
Akkusativ

Bestimmt
Mas- en
fem - e
neuter - e
pl - en

Unbestimmt
mas - en
fem - e
neuter - es
en

It's all explained in more detail here and here.