Usages of ein
Der Trainer sagte, die Entfernung vom Park bis zum See sei nur einen Kilometer.
The coach said the distance from the park to the lake is only one kilometre.
Nur ein Buch ist interessant.
Only one book is interesting.
In der Schlange vor der Kasse halten alle mindestens einen Meter Abstand.
In the line in front of the checkout everyone keeps at least one meter of distance.
Das Regal ist einen Meter breit.
The shelf is one meter wide.
Ich lese ein Kapitel pro Tag.
I read one chapter per day.
Im Wörterheft schreibe ich zu jedem Adjektiv ein Beispiel in der Einzahl und eins in der Mehrzahl.
In my vocabulary notebook, I write one example in the singular and one in the plural for each adjective.
Ich übe noch einen Satz mit Dativ und einen mit Akkusativ, damit der Unterschied klar wird.
I am still practicing one sentence with the dative and one with the accusative so that the difference becomes clear.
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German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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