Word
Ich trage eine warme Mütze und einen dicken Schal, weil es kalt ist.
Meaning
I wear a warm cap and a thick scarf because it is cold.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Ich trage eine warme Mütze und einen dicken Schal, weil es kalt ist.
sein
to be
und
and
ich
I
weil
because
Questions & Answers about Ich trage eine warme Mütze und einen dicken Schal, weil es kalt ist.
Why is the indefinite article eine used before warme Mütze, but einen before dicken Schal?
Because Mütze is feminine and Schal is masculine, and both are direct objects of tragen (so they’re in the accusative case). The accusative indefinite article for feminine nouns stays eine, while for masculine nouns it changes from ein to einen.
Why does the adjective warm take the ending -e in eine warme Mütze, but dick takes -en in einen dicken Schal?
German adjectives must agree in gender, case, and number. After an indefinite article, they follow mixed declension:
• Feminine accusative → -e (eine warme Mütze)
• Masculine accusative → -en (einen dicken Schal)
Why does the verb ist appear at the end of weil es kalt ist?
Weil is a subordinating conjunction. In German subordinate clauses, the finite verb always goes to the very end. The pattern is Subject + (other elements) + Verb.
Why is there a comma before weil?