Breakdown of Das war eine gute Gelegenheit für ihn.
sein
to be
gut
good / well
für
for
die Gelegenheit
the opportunity
Questions & Answers about Das war eine gute Gelegenheit für ihn.
How can I tell the gender of Gelegenheit just by looking at it?
Any noun ending in the suffix -heit is always feminine. Because of this rule, the sentence uses the feminine indefinite article eine and adds the feminine nominative ending to the adjective, making it gute.
Since Gelegenheit is feminine, why does the sentence start with Das instead of Die?
Why does the sentence use ihn instead of ihm?
The preposition für always requires the accusative case. The accusative form of the masculine pronoun er (he) is ihn (him). If it were a dative preposition, you would use ihm.
How does the suffix -heit change the meaning of the base word to create Gelegenheit?
The suffix -heit turns adjectives into abstract nouns. Here, it attaches to the adjective gelegen (convenient or opportune). Together, they form a noun that represents an opportune moment: an opportunity.
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