Breakdown of Hast du meine Tasse? Ich glaube, dass ich deine habe.
ich
I
du
you (informal singular)
haben
to have
die Tasse
the cup
mein
my
glauben
to believe
dass
that
deiner
yours (informal singular) [pronoun, also: deins, deine]
Questions & Answers about Hast du meine Tasse? Ich glaube, dass ich deine habe.
Why is it deine at the end instead of dein?
deine is a possessive pronoun here, meaning "yours". It completely replaces the noun Tasse. Because Tasse is a feminine noun and acts as the direct object (accusative) in this clause, the pronoun takes the feminine accusative ending -e.
Both meine and deine have the same ending in this sentence. Do they act the same way?
They have the same ending because they are both in the feminine accusative form, but they do different jobs! meine is a determiner sitting right next to a noun (meine Tasse). deine stands entirely on its own to replace the noun.
Why is the verb habe at the very end of the sentence?
The word dass (that) is a subordinating conjunction. In German, these types of connecting words always kick the conjugated verb (here, habe) to the very end of their part of the sentence.
Why does dass have a double 's' here?
dass with a double 's' is the conjunction meaning "that" used to connect two clauses (like "I believe that..."). If it were spelled with one 's' (das), it would mean "the" or "that one" and refer to a specific neutral noun.
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