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Note
Watch out for the word order! Whenever we start the sentence with a time expression the verb moves before the subject.Er (1) ist (2) unglücklich.
Am Anfang ist (2) er (1) unglücklich.
Breakdown of Am Anfang der Geschichte ist der kleine Mann unglücklich.
der Mann
the man
klein
small
ist
is
die Geschichte
the story
another feminine word - think of mum telling a bed time story
- let's remember our feminine words so far:
- die Frau
- die Pizza
- die Firma
- die Geschichte
unglücklich
unhappy
Like in English, adding un- negates the adjective. However this doesn't work with all adjectives...
am
at the masculine, neuter
der Anfang
the beginning
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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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