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Could someone explain how to form the genitive partitive in German? (Einer meiner wording)
männlich:
Nominativ
Einer meiner Söhne ist im Haus.
One of my sons is in the house.
Genitiv
Das ist das Haus eines meiner Söhne.
This is the house of one of my sons.
Dativ
Dieses ...
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Is this sentence from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correct?
1) Ja, das ist ein Fehler der FAZ.
2) Nein, das ist richtig so. Großbritannien ist der Adressat der Vorhaltungen, und muss daher ein Dativobjekt sein.
Kürzen wir den Satz soweit es geht zurück:
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Incorrect declension of possessive adjectives in DW manuscript?
The case is determined by the preposition “in”. Now “in” is a two-way preposition, it can take either accusative or dative, depending on the meaning. In this case, it is “sich in etw (Akkusativ) fügen“...
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In welchen Regionen ist die dem-sein-Form gebräuchlich?
Die "dem-sein" Form erscheint auch in den Niederlanden, Flandern & Afrikaans.
"Dem Mann sein Hut" ---> "de man zijn hoed" im Niederländisch.
Im Afrikaans ist diese Form die häufigste Possessiv-...
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Masculine possessive adjectives ending in nominative
The possessive pronouns (mein, dein, sein, ...) stay the same if followed by a masculine noun, not necessarily directly followed.
mein Hund
mein schöner Hund
mein schneller, schöner, toller Hund
If ...
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Possessivadjektive und Körperteile
Zuerst mal: Im Deutschen gibt es keine Possessivadjektive. Diese Wortart ist mir nur aus slawischen Sprachen (z.B. Kroatisch) bekannt. Die Wörter mein, dein, unser usw. sind Possessivpronomen. (In ...
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Possessivform in "Philippinens Präsident braucht eine psychiatrische Untersuchung"
Mich dünkt dies falsch. Die Bezeichnung «die Philippinen» zeichnet sich durch zweierlei aus:
Sie steht im Plural.
Sie wird (wohl in Folge von 1) immer mit Artikel verwendet.
Damit gleicht die ...
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Can an apostrophe be sometimes correct after a non-name noun in genitive?
This is a mistake, and even a doubled one.
As you correctly state, the apostrophe at the end of a genitive word
is only used with proper names that end on 's'-sounds – and Dilettantismus is not ...
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Shouldn’t the possessive article show accusative or dative case after ‘über’?
That first sentence from the textbook is definitely wrong. I saw many German textbooks abroad, which seem to never have been proofread by a native speaker, let alone a linguist. Sometimes such false ...
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Did German have a "possessive apostrophe"?
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There was a time when the possessive apostrophe was accepted.
In the mid-17th century, the apostrophe got a new function. The Genitiv-Apostroph (the possessive apostrophe) appeared. Its use ...
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Genitiv mit Possessivartikel
Keiner der Sätze ist richtig. Ein Blick in diese Tabelle zeigt, dass das korrekte Possesivpronomen seines lautet (Er, Genitiv).
Üblicherweise† würde man dann sagen:
Er hat in der Bäckerei seines ...
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German possessive "s" or alternate Genitive construction?
Proper names usually go without an article, so it is "Bruce Wayne" instead of "der Bruce Wayne", and in Genitiv "Bruce Waynes" instead of "des Bruce Wayne" (...
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ihr vs sein (possessive pronouns)
In German, the choice of the possessive article in the third person (sein, ihr) depends on the gender of the noun it is referring to. In your examples, the possessive articles refer back to the ...
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Is this sentence from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correct?
Und ein drittes Angebot, diesen Monstersatz zu entzerren:
Damit versuchte Tusk offenbar eine humoristische Anspielung auf das Rosinen-Picken, das [wem? -> Dativ] Großbritannien von EU-Seite oft ...
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How do you conjugate adjectives that follow a possessive adjective?
It would be the third option, but your verb conjugation is wrong.
This is how it should be:
Ich habe den guten neuen Film gesehen. (because Film is an accusative object)
and then:
Ich habe dir ...
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possessive articles in a puzzle
There are three dogs Bello, Max and Rex, according to these sentences, Bello is masculine and Max is Feminine, but what about gender of the whelp Rex?
Yes, there are three dogs. However, only the ...
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Can the preposition "aus" be used to express ownership as "von" can?
Your assumption is wrong. Whenever you have a certain preposition, you need a certain case. These are fixed pairs.
The only exception are the nine dual-way prepositions an, auf, hinter, in, neben, ...
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Are these good examples of ihrer = her/their in genitive?
You are correct, ihrer is the personal pronoun of:
Person Femininum Singular Genitiv (your first example)
Person Plural Genitiv (second example)
Also note, that in your example sentences ihrer does ...
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Vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis und (Ihre) Unterstützung?
Vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis und Unterstützung.
Nein, das ist falsch, und es bringt auch jeden Muttersprachler zum Stutzen. Als ob da irgendwo ein Wort fehlt.
Vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis und (...
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How do I form the possessive with more than one proper name?
The second form is the correct one, and there is no difference whether it's one or more names. You just use the genitive form. Genitive is the possessive case in German.
Felix’ und Mareikes Hochzeit
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Is this sentence grammatically correct?
I can't recognize a hard rule (e. g. a limit concerning the number of subsequent genitives), which is violated by your example. It is surely no good style, since in the generic case it may be ...
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"Dein" ist mein ganzes Herz
Dein ist ein Possessivpronomen, das die Zugehörigkeit eines Dings zu einer Person bestimmt, die in der zweiten Person angesprochen wird.
Normalerweise (in gängiger Alltagssprache) wird dein zusammen ...
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Masculine possessive adjectives ending in nominative
The confusion is partly based on terminology. German has possessive determiners, pronouns and adjectives.
Possessive determiners have no ending in the nominative singular masculine and nominative and ...
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Which possessive pronoun should follow 'Kind' (female) or 'Mädchen' - feminine or neuter? Das Mädchen hat ihren (oder seinen) Hut verloren?
You'd still say
Das Weib hat seinen Hut verloren
although it's very uncommon today to refer to a women with "Das Weib". You would use "Die Frau" instead.
For "Mädchen",
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Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Use the -s variant only with well established first names and to some extent, surnames and place names. It's not incorrect to apply it to other names and nouns as well but considered bad style.
1. FC ...
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The correct graph of possessive pronoun and adjectives
This Website has a complete version of all the tables shown. The information shown in the tables you listed is not exactly contradictory, but rather one table is more complete than the other.
The way ...
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Possessive adjective used predicatively?
Yes, possessive pronouns can be used predicatively.
Der ist mein.
Der ist von mir.
Das ist meiner.
all mean approximately the same. Using the possessive pronoun like this sounds a bit old-fashioned,...
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The correct graph of possessive pronoun and adjectives
The term "possessive article" is not used in German grammar. German has 6 definite articles and 6 indefinite articles. All in all 12 articles. Thats all:
definite articles
der, die, das, ...
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Inflection of possessive noun phrases used as determiners
There is no difference if you use a possessor construction or not. The possessor noun is Genitiv and the possesed noun remains in the case it was before. It helps to use an article to check the case. ...
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Inflection of possessive noun phrases used as determiners
You haven't quite understood case inflection yet (no wonder, since English doesn't really have it).
A preposition governs the case of the head component of its argument. A preposition "in" (locative)...
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