Questions & Answers about Die Blume ist schön.
Since this lesson is about ein and eine, how would I change this sentence to say 'A flower is beautiful'?
You would say Eine Blume ist schön. Because Blume is a feminine noun (which we know from the definite article die), it takes the feminine indefinite article eine for 'a' or 'an'.
Because Blume is a feminine noun, shouldn't the adjective change to schöne?
No, because of where it is in the sentence. When an adjective comes after the verb (like ist) to describe a noun, it does not get any special endings. It just stays in its basic dictionary form: schön. You would only add an ending if it came directly before the noun, like in die schöne Blume (the beautiful flower).
What should I do if I can't type the ö in schön on my keyboard?
If you cannot type an umlaut (the two dots), the standard rule in German is to add an e after the vowel. So, you can write schoen. Be careful not to just drop the dots and write schon, because schon is a completely different word that means 'already'!
Is ist a regular verb here?
No, ist (is) comes from the verb sein (to be), which is highly irregular in German, just like 'to be' is in English. You use ist whenever you are talking about 'he', 'she', or 'it', which perfectly fits die Blume.
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