Breakdown of Die kleinen Kartoffeln schmecken lecker.
klein
small
schmecken
to taste
lecker
delicious
die Kartoffel
the potato
Questions & Answers about Die kleinen Kartoffeln schmecken lecker.
Why does the adjective klein end in -en here?
Because it comes after a plural definite article (die). In German, when an adjective comes right before a plural noun and follows a definite article like die, a possessive article like meine, or the negative article keine, it always takes the -en ending. So, klein becomes kleinen.
Why doesn't the word lecker have an ending like kleinen does?
Adjectives only get endings when they come directly before the noun they describe (like die kleinen Kartoffeln). When an adjective comes after the noun and a verb, like lecker comes after schmecken (taste), it is a predicate adjective and stays in its basic dictionary form without any extra endings.
Is the plural of Kartoffel formed just by adding an -n?
Does schmecken mean to have a flavor, or to sample food?
Here, it means to have a flavor. When you say food schmeckt lecker, you are saying it has a delicious taste. If you want to say that you are actively tasting or sampling the food yourself, you would usually use the verb probieren instead.
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