Adjektive Endungen Notizen Warum?!

2 Types of Adjectives Descriptive = comes after noun; no ending Das Haus ist schön. Meine Katze ist alt. Attributive = comes before noun; needs ending Das ist ein schönes Haus. That is a pretty house. das Haus Das ist meine alte Katze. That is my old cat. die Katze

Which ending do I use? What case is the noun? Subject – Nominative Who or what is doing this? Direct Object – Accusative Who or what is being “verbed”? Indirect Object – Dative To whom or for whom is this being done? Possessive – Genitive Is this object showing possession? Is there a der-word, ein-word or article before the adjective? Yeah?  Follow the chart for each one. Nope?  Add the der-word endings to the adjectives (on the chart). Believe in the chart and it’ll believe in you.  OR if there is a preposition that makes it change to this specific case regardless of objects.

Examples – Nominative Masculine Article The good dog. Der gute Hund. Der-Word This good dog. Dieser gute Hund. Ein-Word A good dog. Ein guter Hund. Adjective Only Good dog. Guter Hund. This is an example of the 4 ways an adjective ending can change just in the nominative masculine case. Pay attention to the consistent pattern of “er” in this case.