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Agreement with Nouns
Possessive Adjectives, Negations, and ein-words
Characteristics of Adjectives
Commonplace Usage

Agreement with Nouns by Jeffery Donley, Ph.D.

Indefinite articles agree in number, gender, and case with the nouns they modify. The declension of the indefinite article (singular and plural) is similar to the der-words (dieser, and so on), except that you do not provide case endings to the masculine and neuter nominative singular and the neuter accusative singular.

Exercise 16

Fill in the blanks to the left with the correct word. Use either a form of ein + the appropriate ending or use a form of kein (“no,” “not a”) + the appropriate ending. Then translate into English in the blanks to the right.

The first answer has been provided for you.

<tgroup cols="4"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col4" colnum="4" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. Nominative:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>ein</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Mann</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>a man</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. Accusative:</p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Männer</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. Nominative:</p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Männer</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. Dative:</p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Männern</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. Dative:</p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Mann</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. Genitive:</p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Mann(e)s</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. Accusative:</p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Mann</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. Genitive:</p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Männer</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 17</h2> <p>Translate the following words into English on the short line and then write a German sentence with the word in the long blank. Be correct and creative.</p> <ul> <li><p><emphasis>bequem</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li><li><p><emphasis>braun</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Erfindung</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Farbe</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Flüssigkeit</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Forscher</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>hässlich</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Idee</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>oben</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> <li><p><emphasis>Treppe</emphasis>________________</p> <p>____________________________________________________</p></li> </ul> <h2>Exercise 18</h2> <p>Fill in the blanks to the left with the correct indefinite article of the singular or negative plural of <emphasis>eine Frau</emphasis> (a woman). Then put the translation in the blanks to the right.</p> <p>The first answer has been provided for you.</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="4"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col4" colnum="4" colwidth="25%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. Nominative:</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>eine</emphasis></p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frau</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>a woman</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. Dative:</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frauen</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. Nominative:</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frauen</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. Accusative:</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frauen</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. Genitive:</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frauen</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. Dative:</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frau</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. Accusative:</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frau</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. Genitive:</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p><emphasis>Frau</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 19</h2> <p>All examples of the indefinite article of the neuter <emphasis>ein Kind</emphasis> (a child) are incorrect. Correct them, then put the translation in the blanks to the right.</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="3"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="33%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="33%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col3" colnum="3" colwidth="34%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. Accusative: <emphasis>ein Kinder</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. Genitive: <emphasis>ein Kinder</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. Dative: <emphasis>eines Kindern</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. Nominative: <emphasis>einem Kinder</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. Nominative: <emphasis>keine Kind</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. Accusative: <emphasis>keine Kind</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. Genitive: <emphasis>keinen Kind(e)s</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. Dative: <emphasis>keiner Kind</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> <td><p>___________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> <h2>Exercise 20</h2> <p>Translate the following words into English.</p> <table frame="none" width="100%"> <title/> <tgroup cols="2"> <colspec colname="col1" colnum="1" colwidth="50%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <colspec colname="col2" colnum="2" colwidth="50%" align="left" rowsep="0" colsep="0"/> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>1. <emphasis>Anzug</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>2. <emphasis>Fahrstuhl</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>3. <emphasis>Kunst</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>4. <emphasis>Luft</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>5. <emphasis>Rolltreppe</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>6. <emphasis>Handtasche</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>7. <emphasis>Salz</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>8. <emphasis>Warenhaus</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>9. <emphasis>wirtschaftlich</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>10. <emphasis>wissenschaftlich</emphasis></p></td> <td><p>________________</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </tgroup> </table>  <div id="pagination"><ul><li class="prev"><a href="http://www.netplaces.com/german-practice/the-article/a-unique-group-of-modifiers.htm" title="A Unique Group of Modifiers">A Unique Group of Modifiers</a></li><li class="next"><a href="http://www.netplaces.com/german-practice/the-article/possessive-adjectives-negations-and-ein-words.htm" title="Possessive Adjectives, Negations, and ein-words">Possessive Adjectives, Negations, and ein-words</a> </li></ul></div></div> <div id="coda"> <div id="rel"><div class="n5">Related Articles</div><ul> 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