Remembering german adjective declension is not simple, but it's easier if you think that the ending have the purpose of showing you the gender when there isn't enough infornation. I wish I had realized that before, anyway thanks for this really clear explanation
i feel like my head is purged from different uneffective german sources after wathing your beautifully illustrated videos, vielen Dank Herr Ferguson :)
I’m finally able to get these adjective endings to stick in my head. I tried workbooks. I tried to preply tutor (most of them are very disorganized). I tried everything ; videos not until this video, did I finally get it. The frying pan is such a great example.
I love your videos and they helped me grasp a lot of grammar rules. "ich wäre mit beidem fein" Could you help me understand how this ending here came to be? it's plural dative so it should've been "mit beiden". Or have I missed something here?
Good question! Generally, ‘beide’ (nominative plural) and, therefore, ‘beiden’ (dative plural) refer to two things from the same ‘category’, if you like… E.g. “Ich habe eine Schwester und einen Bruder und beide sind freundlich” (Two siblings / family members, so ‘beide’ works) ‘beides’ (nominative singular) and, therefore, ‘beidem’ (dative singular) are used when two completely different things are referred to. E.g. “Hier essen oder auswärts essen? Ich wäre mit beidem fein” (Eat here or eat out? I’d be fine with both) Sometimes these definitions overlap, so it’s a bit tricky to explain, but I hope this helps!
Awesome video. Only thing, i find it easier to remember by swaping feminine and neuter in the table, being that neuter behaves mostly like masculine and feminine mostly like plural. Ein ein eine keine, dem dem der den, des des der der..
Yes, this flipping that every chart shows it differently, adds to the confusion. Are M and F first bc they're priority and then N and P. Or are M and N together bc of similarity and then F and P. For visual thinkers, it's hard to make an image when every chart organizes it differently.
Hello! Your videos are very helpful and I cannot thank you enough for taking the time and effort to make them! I had one question regarding the example "ich habe das teure Geschenk für das kleine Kind". Can we also say "das kleinen Kind" since it is the dative case? I saw an older comment about a similar example in the video where you said that they basically mean the same thing and I wanted to know if that also applied to this example. Thank you so much for your help!!
Thanks for your comment - I’m glad the videos help! 😊 It doesn’t feel right to use ‘haben’ with the dative case, so ‘Ich habe ein Geschenk dem kleinen Kind’ wouldn’t work (you have to use ‘für’ + accusative as your example did) but if you DO something for the child, e.g. buy them something, give them something, etc. you can use the dative. E.g. I bought the small child a present = ich kaufte dem kleinen Kind ein Geschenk I hope that helps!
Thank you for an amazing explanation. I am a German A1 student. I have a small doubt, In the example- "I have given an expensive gift for my younger sister", the gift is a direct object which is in accusative, and my sister is an indirect object which is in dative. so won't it be "Ich habe meiner jüngeren Schwester ein teures Geschenk gemacht " instead of "Ich habe ein teures Geschenk für meine jüngere Schwester gemacht' (what you wrote)? Kindly clarify this.
Hi! Both options are fine. It’s like the difference, in English, between “I made my younger sister an expensive present” and “I made an expensive present for my younger sister”
Remembering german adjective declension is not simple, but it's easier if you think that the ending have the purpose of showing you the gender when there isn't enough infornation. I wish I had realized that before, anyway thanks for this really clear explanation
all of the stuff just to show the gender of things and yet we just don't ever get what the point of it is for 😂
Sie haben die Adjektiv Endungen einfacher machen,jetzt bin ich mehr confidant. Ihre Videos sind Super!😊
very challenging, Its probably takes me a month or more to learn, but is better than nothing. thank you Herr Ferguson
I skipped a heartbeat when I haven found part 2 of the adjektivendungen missing haha. Thanks for making it available!
Thank you so much for all your videos! They are fabulous and really help me improve my german!
Your videos help me a lot! Danke schön!❤
i feel like my head is purged from different uneffective german sources after wathing your beautifully illustrated videos, vielen Dank Herr Ferguson :)
Danke ☺️ 🙏🏼
I’m finally able to get these adjective endings to stick in my head. I tried workbooks. I tried to preply tutor (most of them are very disorganized). I tried everything ; videos not until this video, did I finally get it. The frying pan is such a great example.
Glad it’s helped! Danke für den Kommentar!
what changed? I am struggling
I love your videos and they helped me grasp a lot of grammar rules.
"ich wäre mit beidem fein"
Could you help me understand how this ending here came to be? it's plural dative so it should've been "mit beiden".
Or have I missed something here?
Good question!
Generally, ‘beide’ (nominative plural) and, therefore, ‘beiden’ (dative plural) refer to two things from the same ‘category’, if you like…
E.g.
“Ich habe eine Schwester und einen Bruder und beide sind freundlich”
(Two siblings / family members, so ‘beide’ works)
‘beides’ (nominative singular) and, therefore, ‘beidem’ (dative singular) are used when two completely different things are referred to.
E.g.
“Hier essen oder auswärts essen? Ich wäre mit beidem fein”
(Eat here or eat out? I’d be fine with both)
Sometimes these definitions overlap, so it’s a bit tricky to explain, but I hope this helps!
Thank you @@HerrFerguson, it's confusing like many small things in german grammar, but that did help🙂
This alone makes a good casus beli
perfekt danke
Awesome video. Only thing, i find it easier to remember by swaping feminine and neuter in the table, being that neuter behaves mostly like masculine and feminine mostly like plural. Ein ein eine keine, dem dem der den, des des der der..
Seems sensible! Whatever works for you 😊
Yes, this flipping that every chart shows it differently, adds to the confusion. Are M and F first bc they're priority and then N and P. Or are M and N together bc of similarity and then F and P. For visual thinkers, it's hard to make an image when every chart organizes it differently.
Fair point!
This is how I learned it and therefore how I teach it. Hopefully it will still work for you!
@@HerrFerguson Sure does, and subscribed to your channel.
Danke sehr! 🙏🏼
Hello! Your videos are very helpful and I cannot thank you enough for taking the time and effort to make them! I had one question regarding the example "ich habe das teure Geschenk für das kleine Kind". Can we also say "das kleinen Kind" since it is the dative case? I saw an older comment about a similar example in the video where you said that they basically mean the same thing and I wanted to know if that also applied to this example. Thank you so much for your help!!
Thanks for your comment - I’m glad the videos help! 😊
It doesn’t feel right to use ‘haben’ with the dative case, so ‘Ich habe ein Geschenk dem kleinen Kind’ wouldn’t work (you have to use ‘für’ + accusative as your example did) but if you DO something for the child, e.g. buy them something, give them something, etc. you can use the dative.
E.g.
I bought the small child a present
= ich kaufte dem kleinen Kind ein Geschenk
I hope that helps!
Großartig
Not me watching this two hours before my final exam 😍
Viel Glück!
@@HerrFerguson haha thank you! it actually went really well I think!!
What is outside frying pan & inside frying pan??? 🙂👀
03:20 It’s explained there 😊
Thnkz🤍
Valeu!
Danke!
Excellent explanation. However why do we need to know the gender? Why was it ever necessary?
A great question!
It would certainly be easier if everything were ‘das’!
Exactly 💯
europe languages are so verbose
@@lamlarry6056you know that English is a European language aswell right😹😹
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The hardest topic is Adjective Endung in german 😤😤😤😕
It gets better with practice, but many would agree!!
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It makes me love English... But German is too cool to give up.
i will marry you. i love these videos. God bless
teaching too quickly .
Try 0.75x or 0.5x speed 😊 Should hopefully help! 🤞🏼 🙏🏼
Thank you for an amazing explanation. I am a German A1 student. I have a small doubt,
In the example- "I have given an expensive gift for my younger sister", the gift is a direct object which is in accusative, and my sister is an indirect object which is in dative. so won't it be "Ich habe meiner jüngeren Schwester ein teures Geschenk gemacht " instead of "Ich habe ein teures Geschenk für meine jüngere Schwester gemacht' (what you wrote)? Kindly clarify this.
Hi! Both options are fine. It’s like the difference, in English, between “I made my younger sister an expensive present” and “I made an expensive present for my younger sister”
@@HerrFerguson Thank you for the clarification, your method of teaching with the "frying pan" concept is so easy to remember and recollect!
Thanks!
Danke sehr! 🙏🏼
The best video on this topic, just bliss
Der nette schöne Lehrer erklärt mir alles. Du bist mein Lieblingslehrer. Danke schön. ♥♥
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Danke fur das tolle Video
Thank a lot 😊👍