Learn German: Sie bringt fünfzehn Flaschen mit. - She is bringing fifteen bottles along.

Sie bringt fünfzehn Flaschen mit.

She is bringing fifteen bottles along.

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Questions & Answers about Sie bringt fünfzehn Flaschen mit.

How do you form the number fünfzehn?

Just like in English (fif-teen), German builds numbers from 13 to 19 by combining the base digit with ten. Here, it is fünf (five) plus zehn (ten) to make fünfzehn.

Why is the word mit all the way at the end of the sentence?

This sentence uses a separable verb, mitbringen (to bring along). In German, when you use a separable verb in a normal sentence, the main part of the verb (bringt) goes in the standard second position, and the small prefix (mit) gets kicked to the very end.

The word Sie can mean she, they, or formal you. How do we know it means she here?

You can tell by looking at the verb! If it meant they or the formal you, the verb would be bringen. Because the verb ends in a -t (bringt), it must be the conjugation for she.

What is the singular form of Flaschen?

The singular is die Flasche (the bottle). German has a few different ways to make words plural, and for many feminine words that end in an -e, you simply add an -n to the end.