Let's learn german (Wir lernen Deutsch) 3

Now that we know the alphabets, how to spell our names, and how to introduce ourselves lets get into little bit of grammar.

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Lesson 6

Articles 

In German language all the nouns fall in three categories.

1. Masculine (Maskulin)
2. Feminine  (Feminin)
3. Neuter      (Neutrum)

Each gender is represented by an article.

1. Maskulin    ------ der
2. Feminin      ------ die
3. Neutrum     ------ das

There are no such rules to determine gender in German language. Also sometimes it feels illogical to apply certain genders to specific nouns. But in German its mandatory and nouns take genders in a disordered manner. So with experience only one can master the genders.  However there are certain simple rules which helps in knowing the gender in some specific situations.

Nouns ending with

1. -or, -ling, -smus, -ig are mostly masculine (der)
2. -ung, -ion, -ik, -ei     are mostly feminine (die)
3. -tum, -lein, -ma, -met are mostly beuter (das)

Examples:

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• der Mann , der Doktor, der Spezialist, der Früling,  der Zwiling, der Egoismus, der Jäger
• die Frau , die Region,  die Freundschaft, die Schönheit, die Einladung
• das Brot , das Erlebnis, das Dokument, das Buch

Extra Notes : how to write the special symbols that we have seen in last few lessons ?

ä = Alt 132                     ö = Alt 148                            ü = Alt 129

Ä = Alt 142                   Ö = Alt 153                           Ü = Alt 154

ß = Alt 225