Breakdown of Ich glaube, dass die Mehrheit der neuen Partei stark ist.
ich
I
sein
to be
neu
new
glauben
to believe
stark
strong
dass
that
die Mehrheit
the majority
die Partei
the party (political)
Questions & Answers about Ich glaube, dass die Mehrheit der neuen Partei stark ist.
Why is it der neuen Partei instead of der neue Partei?
Partei is a feminine noun. Because it is in the genitive case here to mean 'of the new party', the feminine definite article becomes der. In the genitive case, any adjective that comes after a definite article must take the ending -en. Therefore, neu becomes neuen.
I thought der was for masculine nouns. Why is it used with the feminine noun Partei here?
While der is the masculine article in the nominative (subject) case, it is also the feminine article in both the dative and genitive cases. Here, it is in the genitive case because it links two nouns to show belonging, meaning the majority 'of the' new party.
Why doesn't the adjective stark get an ending like starke to match the feminine subject?
Adjectives only take an ending when they are placed directly in front of a noun, as seen with neuen Partei. When an adjective describes a noun but comes after a verb like ist, it is called a predicative adjective and always keeps its basic, uninflected form.
Why is the verb ist at the very end of the sentence?
The word dass is a subordinating conjunction. It introduces a dependent clause, which means the conjugated verb, in this case ist, must be pushed to the very end of that clause.
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