Dieses Wetter macht mich müde.

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Breakdown of Dieses Wetter macht mich müde.

• machen: to make
• das Wetter: the weather
• mich: me

Questions & Answers about Dieses Wetter macht mich müde.

Why is it dieses Wetter and not diese Wetter?

Wetter is a neuter noun in German: das Wetter.

The word dieses is the nominative singular neuter form of the demonstrative determiner dies- (this). That’s why it has the ending -es.

Very short declension for dies- in the nominative singular:

• dieser Mann (masc.) – this man
• diese Frau (fem.) – this woman
• dieses Wetter (neut.) – this weather

So you need dieses because it must agree with das Wetter in gender (neuter), number (singular) and case (nominative).

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What case is Wetter in here, and what is its function in the sentence?

Wetter is in the nominative case. It is the subject of the sentence.

• Dieses Wetter = subject (nominative)
• macht = verb
• mich = direct object (accusative)
• müde = predicate adjective describing mich

So the structure is:
Subject (Nom.) + Verb + Object (Acc.) + Predicate

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Why do we say mich müde and not mir müde?