Breakdown of Sie programmiert die App selber, denn es ist eine wichtige Fähigkeit.
sein
to be
ein
a, an (eine)
sie
she
es
it
wichtig
important
denn
because
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
die App
the app
programmieren
to program
selber
oneself
die Fähigkeit
the skill
Questions & Answers about Sie programmiert die App selber, denn es ist eine wichtige Fähigkeit.
What is the difference between selbst and selber in this sentence?
Both mean "herself" here. Selber is slightly more informal and is mostly used in everyday spoken German, while selbst is the standard written form. You could swap it for selbst without changing the meaning.
Why does the verb ist stay in position 2 after denn? Doesn't "because" push the verb to the end?
Denn is a coordinating conjunction, meaning it counts as "position 0" and leaves the normal word order intact. If you used weil (which also means "because"), that is a subordinating conjunction and would kick the verb to the end: ... weil es eine wichtige Fähigkeit ist.
What exactly does es refer to in the second clause?
It refers to the general action of programming the app, not the app itself. If it referred to die App, it would be sie (since App is feminine). Here, es just represents the abstract idea: "Doing this is an important skill."
How do we know the gender of Fähigkeit?
The suffix -keit is a foolproof clue. Every noun ending in -keit, -heit, -ung, or -schaft is always feminine. Because it is feminine, it takes the feminine article and adjective ending in the nominative case: eine wichtige.
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