Breakdown of Einige bringen etwas zum Abendessen mit, aber viele haben keinen Hunger.
etwas
something
haben
to have
aber
but
kein
no, not any
der Hunger
the hunger
viel
much / a lot
mitbringen
to bring along
zum
to the (zu + dem)
das Abendessen
the dinner
einige
some / a few (several)
Questions & Answers about Einige bringen etwas zum Abendessen mit, aber viele haben keinen Hunger.
Does the word etwas change its ending depending on its role in the sentence?
No, etwas (something) is a fixed indefinite pronoun that never changes its shape. It stays exactly the same no matter what case it is in or where it sits in the sentence.
Why do einige and viele end in -e here?
In this sentence, einige (some) and viele (many) stand alone as the subjects of their clauses, referring to people. Since they act like plural nouns (meaning some people and many people), they take the plural ending -e.
Why is mit sitting at the end of the first clause?
This is because of the separable verb mitbringen (to bring along). The core verb bringen takes the second position in the sentence, while the prefix mit is pushed to the very end of that clause, right before the comma.
Why does the German sentence use haben keinen Hunger instead of translating are not hungry?
In German, it is much more common to say that you have hunger (Hunger haben) rather than saying you are hungry. Because Hunger is a noun, you have to use kein (in this case, the accusative keinen) to negate it, which literally means they have no hunger.
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