Breakdown of Treffen Sie meinen Bruder und Ihre Partnerin heute?
und
and
Sie
you (formal)
heute
today
treffen
to meet
Ihr
your (formal)
der Bruder
the brother
meinen
my (accusative masculine)
die Partnerin
the partner (female)
Questions & Answers about Treffen Sie meinen Bruder und Ihre Partnerin heute?
Why is it meinen Bruder instead of mein Bruder?
Because Bruder (brother) is a masculine noun, and here he is the direct object—the person you are meeting. In German, direct objects take the accusative case. For masculine nouns in this case, mein (my) gets an -en ending and becomes meinen.
Why is Ihre Partnerin capitalized and why does it end in "-e"?
The capital "I" shows that it is the formal "your", matching the formal "you" (Sie) used earlier in the sentence. It ends in -e because Partnerin is a feminine noun. Feminine direct objects always take the -e ending on possessive words, making it Ihre.
How do we know Partnerin refers to a female partner?
In German, adding the ending -in to a person's title or role makes it the female version. A male partner would just be Partner, and because it would be a masculine direct object, the sentence would change to use Ihren Partner.
Why is the verb Treffen at the very beginning of the sentence?
This is a yes/no question. In German, you turn a statement into a yes/no question simply by moving the main verb (Treffen) to the first position, right before the subject (Sie).
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