Possessivadjektive

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Possessivadjektive

Possessive Adjectives in German

Possessivadjektive

• Adjectives are words that modify a noun or pronoun.

• Possessive adjectives indicate a relationship between a person/thing and the noun being modified.

• In English, these words are: my, your, his, her, its, our, their

Multiple Choice

Select the possessive adjective in the following sentence:

My dad is cool.

• My

• dad

• is

• cool

Multiple Choice

Select the possessive adjective in the following sentence:

This is her sister.

• This

• is

• her

• sister

Possessivadjektive auf Deutsch

• ich -> mein

• du -> dein

• er -> sein

• sie -> ihr

• es -> sein

Possessivadjektive auf Deutsch

• wir -> unser

• ihr -> euer

• Sie -> Ihr

• sie -> ihr

Multiple Choice

Select the possessive adjective in the following sentence:

Mein Vater ist cool.

• Mein

• Vater

• ist

• cool

Multiple Choice

Select the possessive adjective in the following sentence:

Das ist ihre Schwester.

• Das

• ist

• ihre

• Schwester

Quick Review!

• Nouns are people, places, things, and ideas.

• Pronouns can stand in the place of nouns.

• Adjectives modify nouns.

• German nouns have "grammatical gender."

• The three genders in German are masculine (der-words), feminine (die-words), and neuter (das-words).

Possessivadjektive

• Possessive adjectives in German get endings based on the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify.

• For example, take this sentence:

• Mein Vater ist cool.

• "Vater" is a masculine noun (der-word), singular, and is the subject of the sentence (nominative case).

• Because of that, "mein" gets no ending

Possessiveadjektive

These are the endings for "mein," but all possessive adjectives take the same endings.

You just have to remember whether the ending is blank, -e, or -en for now.

This is why it's important to always learn the der/die/das when you learn a new noun.

Kleiner Tipp!

• The endings for possessive adjectives are the same as for the indefinite articles

• The indefinite articles are ein/eine/einen/etc.

Multiple Choice

"Deine Schwester heißt Maria?"

"Ja, meine Schwester heißt Maria."

Schwester-- der/die/das?

• der

• die

• das

Multiple Choice

"Hast du mein Buch?"

"Nein, ich habe dein Buch nicht."

Buch -- der/die/das?

• der

• die

• das

Multiple Choice

If it's "der Opa," which is correct?

A: Unser Opa ist alt.

B: Unsere Opa ist alt.

C: Unseren Opa ist alt.

• A

• B

• C

Open Ended

Choose a family member and tell us their name.

Use the form: Mein/e ____ heißt (name).

Use "mein" if it's a der-word and "meine" if it's a die-word.