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minus-squaresonnenzeit@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year agoAlso bonus content: singular: “das Mädchen” (neutral) - the girl plural: “die Mädchen” (female) - the girls So in the plural form you have to use a female article again, but the actual spelling of the word is unchanged. Go figure 🤷♂️ 🇩🇪.
minus-squareFlumsy@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year ago“Die” is always the plural article: DAS Auto - DIE Autos / DER Baum - DIE Bäume / DIE Fliege - DIE Fliegen /
minus-squareHolzkohlen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThe simple past of read is read, but you pronounce it like red. I assume ever language on earth has its quirks.
minus-squareBene7rddso@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIn plural every gender has the article “die”
minus-squaresonnenzeit@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWell at least it consistently unlogical. But wait: it actually depends on the grammatical case for example: die Mädchen = the girls das Haus der Mädchen = the house of the girls // the girls’ house So depending on context male, female, neutral articles are all used (der Mädchen, die Mädchen, das Mädchen) 🤷♂️
minus-squareBene7rddso@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s not a male article, that’s the genitive plural article
Also bonus content:
singular: “das Mädchen” (neutral) - the girl
plural: “die Mädchen” (female) - the girls
So in the plural form you have to use a female article again, but the actual spelling of the word is unchanged. Go figure 🤷♂️ 🇩🇪.
“Die” is always the plural article:
DAS Auto - DIE Autos / DER Baum - DIE Bäume / DIE Fliege - DIE Fliegen /
The simple past of read is read, but you pronounce it like red. I assume ever language on earth has its quirks.
In plural every gender has the article “die”
Well at least it consistently unlogical. But wait: it actually depends on the grammatical case for example:
die Mädchen = the girls das Haus der Mädchen = the house of the girls // the girls’ house
So depending on context male, female, neutral articles are all used (der Mädchen, die Mädchen, das Mädchen) 🤷♂️
That’s not a male article, that’s the genitive plural article