Breakdown of Beschreiben die Definitionen die Individuen objektiv?
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
beschreiben
to describe
objektiv
objective
das Individuum
the individual
Questions & Answers about Beschreiben die Definitionen die Individuen objektiv?
How can I predict the gender and plural of Definitionen based on its ending?
What is the singular form of Individuen, and why does its plural look like that?
Both die Definitionen and die Individuen use the article die. How do we know which one is the subject doing the describing?
In a yes/no question, the conjugated verb comes first, followed immediately by the subject, and then the object. Because the nominative and accusative cases look completely identical for plural nouns, strict word order is our only clue here: die Definitionen is the subject, and die Individuen is the object.
Why is there no ending on objektiv even though the English translation uses the adverb 'objectively'?
In German, the standard base form of an adjective is also used as its adverb. You don't need to add a special adverbial suffix like the English '-ly'. The word simply stays objektiv.