Breakdown of Ist der Putzplan für alle fair?
sein
to be
alle
all, everyone
für
for
der Putzplan
the cleaning schedule
fair
fair
Questions & Answers about Ist der Putzplan für alle fair?
Since this lesson is about solange (as long as), how would I use it with this sentence?
solange is a subordinating conjunction, which means it kicks the conjugated verb to the very end of its clause. If you wanted to say "As long as the cleaning schedule is fair for everyone...", the verb ist moves to the end: Solange der Putzplan für alle fair ist, ...
How do you know the gender of Putzplan?
Putzplan is a compound noun made from the stem of the verb putzen (to clean) and the noun der Plan (the plan or schedule). In German compound words, the gender is always determined by the final noun in the chain. Since it's der Plan, the whole word is masculine: der Putzplan.
What case is für alle in here?
It is in the accusative case. The preposition für always forces the following noun or pronoun into the accusative. The pronoun alle (everyone/all) happens to look exactly the same in both the nominative and accusative cases, which makes it easy to use here.
Is fair really a German word?
Yes, German has adopted the English word fair as a loanword, and it is used with the exact same meaning. Because it stands alone after the verb ist rather than being placed directly in front of a noun, it doesn't need any grammatical endings.
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