Questions & Answers about Annas Party ist toll!
Why is there no apostrophe in Annas?
In German, when you want to show that something belongs to a person, you usually just add an -s to the end of their name. Unlike English, you do not use an apostrophe! It is always Annas Party, Peters Buch, and so on. You only use an apostrophe if the name already ends in an s-like sound (for example, Max' Party).
Can I also use von to say Anna's party?
Absolutely! Instead of adding an -s to the name, Germans very often use the word von (of/from). Saying die Party von Anna (the party of Anna) is extremely common in everyday spoken German and means the exact same thing as Annas Party.
Is Party really a German word?
It is an English word that German has borrowed! German takes quite a few everyday words from English. Even though it is borrowed, it strictly follows German rules: it is assigned a grammatical gender, which is feminine (die Party), and it must always be capitalized because it is a noun.
If die Party is feminine, why doesn't the adjective have a feminine ending like tolle?
Adjectives only get special endings when they are placed directly in front of the noun they describe (like saying eine tolle Party, which means a great party). Because the adjective toll comes after the verb ist (is), it just stays in its basic, unchanged dictionary form.