Breakdown of Ich mische den Hopfen mit der Frucht, damit das Bier perfekt wird.
ich
I
perfekt
perfect / perfectly
das Bier
the beer
mit
with
werden
to become / to get (change of state)
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
damit
so that
mischen
to shuffle / to mix
der Hopfen
the hops
die Frucht
the fruit (individual/botanical)
Questions & Answers about Ich mische den Hopfen mit der Frucht, damit das Bier perfekt wird.
Since this lesson is about deriving adjectives, how could I turn Frucht and Hopfen into adjectives?
You can add the suffix -ig! Frucht becomes fruchtig (fruity), and Hopfen becomes hopfig (hoppy). Notice that the u in Frucht doesn't change to an umlaut here. If you wanted to describe the beer itself, you could say das fruchtige Bier.
Why does the verb wird come at the very end of the sentence?
The word damit (so that) is a subordinating conjunction. This means it creates a dependent clause and kicks the conjugated verb (wird) to the very end of that clause.
Why does the sentence say der Frucht if the noun is feminine (die Frucht)?
The preposition mit (with) always forces the noun that follows it into the dative case. Since Frucht is feminine, its article changes from die to der in the dative.
The English translation says 'hops' in the plural, but the German uses den Hopfen. Is it singular here?
Yes! In German, Hopfen is almost always used as a singular mass noun, similar to how we treat water or sand in English. Because it is the direct object of the verb mischen (to mix), it takes the masculine accusative article den.
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