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Sep 17, 2012 - 01:41 PM
(Disclaimer: I am not a member of Fluenz, but a student of Spanish currenlty. Aber Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache ;p)
The answer lies within the grammatical case of "ein": We are looking at the Nominativ of "ein" for a noun that is neuter - Das Restaurant. Masculine and neuter both use " ein". You would use "eines" for Genetiv masculine and neuter. Zum Beispiel: "I habe die Speisekarte eines Restaurants".
The answer lies within the grammatical case of "ein": We are looking at the Nominativ of "ein" for a noun that is neuter - Das Restaurant. Masculine and neuter both use " ein". You would use "eines" for Genetiv masculine and neuter. Zum Beispiel: "I habe die Speisekarte eines Restaurants".
Sep 20, 2012 - 12:06 AM
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I don't understand your explanation. It looks like Fluenz won't explain it until level 5, because the word "eines" doesn't show up in their dictionary until then. I will just accept it for now.
Sep 20, 2012 - 02:27 AM
Hi, I see your mother tongue is German. Mine is Spanish, we could probably exchange emails or skype and help each other if you want.
Sep 20, 2012 - 12:41 PM
Ok, I only explained your topic, let me try now to explain both "ein" and "dieser";
To use "ein" with "Das Restaurant" (neuter)
Nominativ: ein Restaurant (Ein Restaurant ist hier)
Genitive: eines Restaurants (I habe die Speisekarte eines Restaurants)
Dativ: einem Restaurant (Ich gehe zu einem Restaurant)
Akkusativ: ein Restaurant (Ich gehe in ein Restaurant)
Some words with the ending -er such as "dieser" are used as listed below - basically the same endings as der/die/das:
Dies-er (m) Dies-e (f) DIES-ES (N)... Dieses Restaurant
To use "dieses" with "Das Restaurant" (neuter)
Nominativ: dieses Restaurant (Dieses Restaurant ist hier)
Genitive: dieses Restaurant (I habe die Speisekarte dieses Restaurants)
Dativ: diesem Restaurant (Ich gehe zu diesem Restaurant)
Akkusativ: dieses Restaurant (Ich gehe in dieses Restaurant)
To use "ein" with "Das Restaurant" (neuter)
Nominativ: ein Restaurant (Ein Restaurant ist hier)
Genitive: eines Restaurants (I habe die Speisekarte eines Restaurants)
Dativ: einem Restaurant (Ich gehe zu einem Restaurant)
Akkusativ: ein Restaurant (Ich gehe in ein Restaurant)
Some words with the ending -er such as "dieser" are used as listed below - basically the same endings as der/die/das:
Dies-er (m) Dies-e (f) DIES-ES (N)... Dieses Restaurant
To use "dieses" with "Das Restaurant" (neuter)
Nominativ: dieses Restaurant (Dieses Restaurant ist hier)
Genitive: dieses Restaurant (I habe die Speisekarte dieses Restaurants)
Dativ: diesem Restaurant (Ich gehe zu diesem Restaurant)
Akkusativ: dieses Restaurant (Ich gehe in dieses Restaurant)
Sep 20, 2012 - 12:46 PM
@Jorge I just started with Spanish I last week. So it will be a while before I .. have questions and go beyond Hola ;p
Sep 22, 2012 - 09:12 AM
It's explained toward the end of Fluenz 2 (or at the beginning of Fluenz 3) when you start adding adjectives. "Ein" is an indefinite article, and is used for either neuter or masculine nouns in the nominative case and with neuter in the accusative case (direct object, right? when a masculine noun needs "einen", "den" or "diesen"). When you use an article that is definite (think about the difference between "a" or "an" and "the", "that"), you use these endings : neuter: -es (nom, acc); fem: -e (nom, acc); mas: -er (nom) and -en (acc).
So, if you go to "a restaurant" it's "ein Restaurant", if you go to a specific restaurant, it's "dieses Restaurant" or "das Restaurant" . Hope that helps--I'm still getting my arms around all this myself!
So, if you go to "a restaurant" it's "ein Restaurant", if you go to a specific restaurant, it's "dieses Restaurant" or "das Restaurant" . Hope that helps--I'm still getting my arms around all this myself!
Sep 24, 2012 - 02:09 PM
Thanks to both for the explanations.It would have been nice if they said, it would be explained more later in the program, but this was great. Thanks.
Sep 28, 2012 - 07:23 PM
Actually, I believe this use of 'ein' is explained in, or near, the lesson where you saw it. The explanation is simply this: When 'in' is used as 'into' (here, with gehen), the words that follow it are in the accusative case. The neuter accusative for 'ein' is 'ein'. The neuter accusative for 'dieser/-e/-es' is 'dieses'. (Not consistent, I realize; but that's the way it is. :) )