Learn German: Wir kaufen die Tische und die Stühle. - We buy the tables and the chairs.

Wir kaufen die Tische und die Stühle.

We buy the tables and the chairs.

Breakdown of Wir kaufen die Tische und die Stühle.

Questions & Answers about Wir kaufen die Tische und die Stühle.

Wait, I thought die was for feminine nouns. Why is it used for Tische and Stühle?

die is the definite article for all plural nouns, no matter what their gender is in the singular! Both der Tisch (the table) and der Stuhl (the chair) are masculine, but they use die here because they are plural.

How did Tisch become Tische?

To make der Tisch plural, you simply add an -e to the end. Adding -e is one of the most common ways to form the plural in German, especially for masculine nouns.

Why does Stühle have an umlaut (ü) when the singular is Stuhl?

Many short, masculine nouns get two changes in the plural: they add an -e at the end, and their main vowel gets an umlaut. So the u in der Stuhl changes to ü, giving us die Stühle.

Why does the verb kaufen end in -en here?

Because the subject is wir (we). When you use wir, the verb almost always stays in its original dictionary form, ending in -en.