Breakdown of Mein Bruder verdient viel Geld für die Familie.
das Geld
the money
viel
much / a lot
mein
my
die Familie
the family
der Bruder
the brother
für
for
verdienen
to earn
Questions & Answers about Mein Bruder verdient viel Geld für die Familie.
Why do we use viel instead of viele here?
Viel is used with uncountable nouns (like Geld, water, or time), similar to "much" or "a lot of" in English. You use viele (many) for things you can individually count, like viele Brüder (many brothers). Since "money" itself is uncountable, it has to be viel Geld.
Does the verb verdienen only mean "to earn"?
In the context of jobs and money, verdienen means "to earn". However, it is also the German word for "to deserve". For example, Er verdient einen Urlaub means "He deserves a vacation."
What case is die Familie in this sentence?
It is in the accusative case. The preposition für (for) always forces the noun that follows it into the accusative case. Because Familie is a feminine noun, its accusative article is die, which happens to look exactly the same as its basic nominative (subject) form.
Since we are learning large numbers, how would I replace viel Geld with "100,000 euros" in this sentence?
You would say: Mein Bruder verdient hunderttausend Euro für die Familie. Notice two things: large numbers like 100,000 are written as a single lowercase word (hunderttausend), and the currency (Euro) stays singular even when the number is larger than one!
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