Questions & Answers about Ich finde die Arbeit gut.
Didn't we just learn that the accusative case changes the article? Why is it still die Arbeit?
The verb finden does take a direct object in the accusative case! However, only masculine nouns change their definite article in the accusative (from der to den). Because Arbeit is a feminine noun, its article stays die. The feminine accusative article looks exactly the same as it does in the nominative case.
Since die Arbeit is feminine, shouldn't the adjective have an ending, like gute?
No, because gut comes after the noun it describes. In German, adjectives only get extra endings (like -e or -en) when they are attached directly in front of a noun, such as die gute Arbeit (the good work). When an adjective stands alone later in the sentence, it always stays in its basic form.
Is ich finde ... gut a normal way to say you like something?
Why is there an -e on the end of finde?
This is a quick reminder of basic verb conjugation. It is the standard present tense ending for the ich (I) form. You take the dictionary form of the verb, finden (to find), drop the -en to get the stem, and add -e to match with ich.
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