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Basic Chart of Forms of Derdasdie, Ein-Words, Pronouns PDF
Basic Chart of Forms of Derdasdie, Ein-Words, Pronouns PDF
Learn these two charts well, and everything else you do in German will become a lot easier for you!
Der/das/die and Ein-word endings (including endings for the possessive adjectives mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer)
Mnemonic advice
• Note the ein-word endings are the same as the der/das/die endings, except in the masculine and neuter nominative and the
neuter accusative, where the ein-words have no ending (i.e. the shaded area in the chart)
• Once you know the nominative forms of der/das/die, you essentially know the accusative forms, which are the same except
for the masculine accusative, where "der" changes to "den."
• For the Dative, the -m and -r endings are like the endings of English "him" and "her" as in "for him" and "for her."
• For the Genitive, the -s and -r endings are like the endings of English "his" and "her."
• To remember the accusative prepositions, use the acronym "O Fudge" [ohne, für, um, durch, gegen], or ask your instructor
about chanting "Durch-für-gegen-ohne-um, Deutsch zu lernen ist nicht dumm." For the dative prepositions, sing "Aus-
außer-bei-mit, nach-seit, von-zu" to the tune of the "Blue Danube" waltz, or think of the touching love poem "Roses are red,
violets are blue, aus-außer-bei-mit, nach-seit, von-zu."
Mnemonic advice
• The third person singular and plural pronouns roughly rhyme with the corresponding forms of "der/das/die" in the
Nominative, Accusative and Dative: er <=> der, ihn <=> den, ihm <=> dem, sie <=> die, sie <=> die, ihr <=> der, es <=> das,
es <=> das, ihm <=> dem, and in the 3rd person plural sie <=> die, sie <=> die, ihnen <=> den (sort of).
• For the "we" forms, note nominative "wir" sounds like English "we," and accusative and dative "uns" sounds like English
"us."
• For the possessives, note "mein," "dein" and "sein" rhyme. The feminine singular "ihr" looks and sounds roughly like its
English counterpart "her." The 3rd person plural form is also "ihr"; except in the Dative, the "she" pronouns are always the
same as the "they" pronouns