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Breakdown of Der kleine Mann ist unglücklich.
der Mann
the man
klein
small
ist
is
unglücklich
unhappy
Like in English, adding un- negates the adjective. However this doesn't work with all adjectives...
der
the masculine definite article
yeah, rejoice, we have three different ways of saying the:
masculine, feminine and neutral :D
masculine, feminine and neutral :D
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German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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