Breakdown of Jede Bewegung unseres harten Trainings ist wichtig für den Schlag.
sein
to be
wichtig
important
unser
our
für
for
jeder
everyone / each
das Training
the training/practice
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
hart
hard, tough
die Bewegung
the movement
der Schlag
the punch
Questions & Answers about Jede Bewegung unseres harten Trainings ist wichtig für den Schlag.
Why do we say unseres harten Trainings instead of unser hartes Training?
This phrase is in the Genitive case, which is used here to express possession or origin, meaning "of our hard training." Because Training is a neuter noun, the possessive word unser takes the Genitive neuter ending -es (unseres), and the noun itself adds an -s (Trainings).
Why does the adjective hart become harten in this sentence?
In the Genitive case, when an adjective comes after a possessive word that already shows the primary case ending (like the -es on unseres), the adjective takes the weak ending -en. Therefore, hart becomes harten.
Why is the article den used in für den Schlag?
The preposition für always requires the Accusative case. Since Schlag is a masculine noun (der Schlag), its definite article must change from der to den in the Accusative.
Is there a reliable way to remember the genders of nouns like Bewegung and Training?
Yes! German nouns ending in the suffix -ung are always feminine, which is why it is die Bewegung. On the other hand, English loanwords ending in -ing are almost always neuter in German, making it das Training.
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