
POSSESSIVE ARTICLES
There are no personal pronouns for the
genitive case. Their genitive equivalent
are the possessive articles (also called possessive determiners,
adjectives, or pronouns). The chart shows the (nominative)
personal pronoun and the appropriate possessive article (basic
form).
- The choice of the correct possessive article is
determined by (the gender of) the owner ("his", "her",
etc.);
- The ending is determined by the gender, number,
and case of the owned object. Use the endings from
the negation of the indefinite
article (kein etc.; see lower line) in the chart on
the right.
- Note that when used with an ending, unser and
euer (plural) drop the -e- and become
unsr- and eur-, respectively. (This occurs for all
forms other than masculine nominative and neuter nominative and
accusative; see blanks chart on right).
| . |
Personal Pronoun |
Possessive Article |
| SG |
ich du - er - sie - es |
mein dein - sein - ihr - sein |
| PL |
wir ihr sie/Sie |
unser euer ihr/Ihr |
|
1. Replace kein-
with the appropriate
possessive article.
==>
2. Add the
bold endings. |
|
| CASE/PERSON |
M |
F |
N |
PL |
| Nominative |
ein_ kein_ |
eine keine |
ein_ kein_ |
--- keine |
| Accusative |
einen keinen |
eine keine |
ein_ kein_ |
--- keine |
| Dative |
einem keinem |
einer keiner |
einem keinem |
--- keinen |
| Genitive |
eines keines |
einer keiner |
eines keines |
--- keiner |
|
Beispiele
- Das ist das Auto meines Bruders.
= mein- because I want to express he is my
brother;
= -es because it is genitive, and Bruder is der =
ein, and genitive of ein is eines.
- Was gibst du deiner Schwester zum Geburtstag?
= dein- because I am asking about your
sister;
= -er because it is dative, and Schwester is die =
eine, and dative of eine is einer.
- Sie gibt ihren Schwestern keine Geschenke.
= ihr- because the owner is feminine;
= -en because it is dative and plural (Schwestern),
and the dative plural ending is -en.
- Eure Mutter hat gestern angerufen.
= The e from euer- is dropped.
ÜBUNGEN
If you cannot enter special characters directly:
* Cut & Paste the appropriate character from here: ß -
Ä - ä - Ö - ö - Ü - ü
* Or, for the "ß" use the capital letter "B" (or an "sz"),
for umlauts use these transcriptions: ä = ae; Ä = AE;
ü = ue etc. |
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