Ich finde diese Blumen schön.

I find these flowers beautiful.

Breakdown of Ich finde diese Blumen schön.

• ich: I
• finden: to find
• die Blume: the flower
• schön: beautiful

Questions & Answers about Ich finde diese Blumen schön.

What case is diese Blumen, and why?

It’s accusative plural. Ich is the subject (nominative), finden is a transitive verb that takes a direct object, and diese Blumen is that object, so it’s in the accusative. In the plural, the demonstrative has the same form for nominative and accusative: diese.

Why is schön not schöne here?

Because schön is a predicative adjective (an object complement after a verb), and predicative adjectives are uninflected in German. Adjectives only take endings when they stand before a noun (attributive), e.g. diese schönen Blumen.

Does Ich finde mean “I think”?

Yes, in the sense of “I consider.” Ich finde diese Blumen schön = “I think/consider these flowers beautiful.” Use Ich denke, dass … for thoughts or propositions (e.g., ideas, facts): Ich denke, dass er kommt. You can also say Ich halte diese Blumen für schön (more formal/literary).

What’s the gender and plural of Blume?

• Singular: die Blume (feminine)
• Plural: die Blumen
  Indefinite forms: eine Blume, keine Blumen. Many feminine nouns form the plural with -n/-en.

Why is it diese, not dieser/diesen/dieses?