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Questions & Answers about Ihr findet das Geld.
Why do we use ihr here instead of du or Sie for "you"?
The lesson says the verb ending for ihr is usually -t, so why does findet end in -et?
The base stem of the verb finden (to find) is find-. If we just added the normal -t ending, we would get findt, which is very hard to pronounce! To make it easier to say, German adds an extra e before the -t when the verb stem ends in a -d or -t.
The English translation says "are finding", but where is the word for "are" in the German sentence?
German doesn't have an "-ing" form (continuous tense) like English does. The single verb findet covers both "find" and "are finding". You never need to add an extra word for "are" when saying someone is doing a regular action right now.
Isn't the money the direct object here? Why does it still use das?
Yes, Geld is the direct object, which means it is in the accusative case. However, Geld is a neuter noun. The neuter word for "the" is das, and it looks exactly the same whether it is the subject or the direct object! Only masculine nouns change their "the" word (from der to den) when they become the direct object.