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Jan 05, 2017 - 10:26 PM
It changes from "dies" to "dieser/dieses/diese" when it is immediately followed by the noun it is speaking of. "DIESER Reisepass ist mein." Since it stands alone it remains "dies".
German 1 - Session 11 - Videotutorial
In the Tutorial at 03:50 time it says:
" Ja, dies ist mein Reisepass "
Yes, this is my passport.
Isn't wrong? Why "dies"? The correct form in this case should be "dieser" as "Reisepass" is a masculine noun.
We learned the following grammar rule:
Masculine: Dieser
Feminine: Diese
Neutral: Dieses
" Ja, dies ist mein Reisepass "
Yes, this is my passport.
Isn't wrong? Why "dies"? The correct form in this case should be "dieser" as "Reisepass" is a masculine noun.
We learned the following grammar rule:
Masculine: Dieser
Feminine: Diese
Neutral: Dieses
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Jan 04, 2017 - 12:13 PM
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Jan 25, 2017 - 10:36 AM
Hi Felipe, it's true that you would say Dieser Reisepass (masc.), yet here it is not used along with "Reisepass" but on its own, so as Joshua explains in this case it remains "Dies", think of it as an expression: This is = Dies ist, and That is = Das ist. If you're feeling a bit confused about this use, you can go back to session 3 where we first introduced these general uses of dies and das.
