Breakdown of Der Chef plant eine Party.
ein
a, an (eine)
der Chef
the boss (male)
planen
to plan
die Party
the party
Questions & Answers about Der Chef plant eine Party.
Does Chef mean a cook like it does in English?
No, Chef is a false friend. In German, der Chef means the boss or the manager. If you want to talk about a cook in a restaurant, you would use der Koch.
Why is it eine Party? Is Party a feminine noun?
Yes, Party is feminine. Even though it is an English loanword, it gets a German gender. It is the direct object here, which means it is in the accusative case. For feminine nouns, the accusative word for a or an is exactly the same as the basic nominative form: eine.
How would I say The boss is planning MY party using the possessive words from this lesson?
You would say Der Chef plant meine Party. Just like eine takes an -e at the end for feminine accusative nouns, the possessive words do too: meine, deine, or the formal Ihre.
Why does the verb plant end in -t?
The base form of the verb is planen (to plan). Because the subject is der Chef, which is equivalent to he (er), we use the third-person singular ending -t. So we drop the -en and add -t, making it plant.