Breakdown of Mein Sohn hat immer Hunger.
haben
to have
der Hunger
the hunger
immer
always
mein
my
der Sohn
the son
Hunger haben
to be hungry
Questions & Answers about Mein Sohn hat immer Hunger.
Why is it mein Sohn and not meine Sohn?
Sohn is a masculine noun. In the nominative case, which means it is the subject doing the action, the word for "my" before masculine and neuter nouns is just mein with no extra ending. You only add an "-e" to make it meine for feminine nouns and plural words.
The English translation says "is hungry", but the German sentence uses hat. Why?
In English, we describe how we feel using the verb "to be" and the adjective "hungry". In German, you express this by saying you "have hunger" using the verb haben (to have) and the noun Hunger. So this sentence literally translates to "My son has always hunger".
Why is Hunger capitalized in the middle of the sentence?
In German, all nouns (people, places, things, and concepts) are always capitalized. Since German treats hunger as a noun instead of an adjective here, Hunger gets a capital letter.
Why does immer (always) come before Hunger?
In simple German statements, the main verb like hat must be in the second position. Adverbs of time, such as immer, typically come right after that verb and before the object noun like Hunger.
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