Questions & Answers about Der Mann ist auch groß.
Why does the sentence use der before Mann?
In German, every noun has a grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter). Mann (man) is masculine. Because Der Mann is the subject of the sentence (the one "doing" the being), we use the masculine subject article (the nominative case), which is der.
Doesn't groß usually mean "big" or "large"? Why is it translated as "tall" here?
In German, groß is used for both! When talking about objects, it means "big" or "large". But when talking about a person's height, groß translates to "tall".
Could I put auch (also) before the verb, like "The man also is tall"?
No, German has a strict rule for statements: the verb must be the second idea in the sentence. Here, Der Mann is the first idea, so the verb ist must come immediately after it. Words like auch usually fall right after the verb.
Is Mann capitalized because it's the subject of the sentence?
No, Mann is capitalized because it is a noun (a person, place, or thing). In German, every single noun is always capitalized, no matter where it appears in the sentence.
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