Breakdown of Sein neues Auto ist wirklich cool.
sein
to be
das Auto
the car
neu
new
sein
his
wirklich
really
cool
cool (great, slang)
Questions & Answers about Sein neues Auto ist wirklich cool.
Why does neues end in -es here?
Auto is a neuter noun (das Auto) and is the subject of the sentence (nominative case). Because it follows the possessive word sein (which has no ending in this specific case), the adjective must do the heavy lifting to show the neuter gender by taking the strong -es ending.
Since this lesson is about the emphatic intensifier selbst, how would I add it to this sentence to say "His new car itself is really cool"?
You would place selbst directly after the noun it emphasizes: Sein neues Auto selbst ist wirklich cool. This puts the focus entirely on the car itself, perhaps contrasting it with something else like the car's expensive insurance.
Is the English loanword cool treated like a normal German adjective?
Yes, absolutely. Because it comes after the verb here, it doesn't take an ending. However, if you moved it directly in front of the noun, it would take standard German adjective endings, such as in the phrase ein cooles Auto.
Could I use echt instead of wirklich in this sentence?
Yes! While wirklich translates perfectly to "really," the word echt (literally "genuine" or "real") is used all the time in casual spoken German to mean "really" or "very." Saying Sein neues Auto ist echt cool would sound extremely natural.
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