Breakdown of Wir haben das Möbelstück gekauft, weil es riesengroß und bildschön ist.
sein
to be
es
it
und
and
kaufen
to buy
haben
to have
wir
we
weil
because (subordinating)
das Möbelstück
the piece of furniture
riesengroß
giant
bildschön
picture-beautiful
Questions & Answers about Wir haben das Möbelstück gekauft, weil es riesengroß und bildschön ist.
How do the compound adjectives riesengroß and bildschön intensify the meaning here?
They use a noun prefix to exaggerate the adjective! riesengroß combines der Riese (the giant) and groß (big) to mean gigantic. bildschön combines das Bild (the picture) and schön (beautiful) to mean "picture-beautiful" or gorgeous. This is a very common way to create strong, vivid adjectives in German.
Do I need to capitalize the noun parts of these compounds?
No. Even though Riese and Bild are capitalized when used on their own as nouns, they have become parts of a new adjective here. Because German adjectives are written in lowercase, the resulting compound words are completely lowercase: riesengroß and bildschön.
Why use das Möbelstück instead of just das Möbel?
While the base word Möbel exists, it is almost exclusively used in the plural (die Möbel) to talk about furniture collectively. When you want to point out one single, specific piece of furniture, you attach -stück (piece) to create the singular noun das Möbelstück.
Why does the subordinate clause use es instead of er or sie?
The pronoun must strictly match the grammatical gender of the noun it replaces. Because it refers back to das Möbelstück, which is a neuter noun, the sentence must use the neuter pronoun es. You have to use es here even if the actual piece of furniture being bought happens to be masculine or feminine (like der Schrank or die Couch).
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