Learn German: Meine Partnerin wohnt auch hier. - My partner female also lives here.

In German, possessive words like 'my' change their ending depending on the gender of the noun they belong to. Because Partnerin is a feminine noun, we add an -e to mein, making it meine.

How do you say 'male partner' instead?

You would say mein Partner. In German, you can often make a noun refer specifically to a female by adding the ending -in. So, a male partner is der Partner, and a female partner is die Partnerin. Notice that mein drops the -e because the noun is no longer feminine!

Why does auch (also) come after the verb? In English we say 'also lives'.

In a standard German sentence, the conjugated verb must always be in the second position. The subject (Meine Partnerin) takes up the first position, so the verb (wohnt) must come exactly second. Adverbs like auch are then placed after the verb.

Why does the verb wohnen (to live) end in a -t here?

Meine Partnerin is the subject of the sentence, which counts as 'she' (third-person singular). For regular verbs, you drop the -en at the end of the dictionary form and add a -t for 'he', 'she', or 'it', giving us wohnt.