{"id":16067,"date":"2015-07-08T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T09:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=16067"},"modified":"2015-07-08T10:33:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T09:33:10","slug":"german-indefinite-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/16067\/german-indefinite-article","title":{"rendered":"German Indefinite Article with Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Indefinite Article<\/span><\/h2>\n

What is an indefinite article?<\/h3>\n

\nThe indefinite article in English is the word a<\/strong> which changes into an<\/strong> if the following word starts with a vowel. In the plural we say either some<\/strong>, any<\/strong> or nothing at all.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\nI’d like a<\/strong> beer.
\nWe’d like an<\/strong> orange juice.
\nHere are some<\/strong> napkins.<\/p>\n

The indefinite article in German is ein<\/span><\/strong>. However ein<\/span><\/strong> can change to eine<\/span><\/strong> depending on whether the noun it’s used with is masculine, feminine or neuter. There is no plural<\/strong> form of the indefinite article in the German language. Here is a table that shows which version you use for which gender:<\/p>\n

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Table: Indefinite article<\/u><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nMasculine Nouns<\/th>\nFeminine Nouns<\/strong><\/th>\nNeuter Nouns<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Singular<\/strong><\/td>\nein<\/td>\neine<\/td>\nein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plural<\/strong><\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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