Breakdown of Die Firma möchte eine neue Regel einführen.
neu
new
möchten
would like to
die Regel
the rule
eine
a; (feminine, accusative)
Questions & Answers about Die Firma möchte eine neue Regel einführen.
Why is it die Firma and not das Firma?
Because Firma is a feminine noun in German. German nouns have grammatical gender, and Firma takes the feminine article:
- die Firma = the company
This gender is grammatical, so it does not have to match anything logical in English. You simply learn Firma as a feminine noun.
Why does it say eine neue Regel?
Because Regel is also a feminine noun, and here it is in the accusative case as the direct object of the sentence.
The phrase breaks down like this:
- eine = a
- neue = new
- Regel = rule
Since Regel is feminine and singular, the indefinite article is eine in both nominative and accusative. The adjective neu also has to take an ending, so it becomes neue.
So:
- eine neue Regel = a new rule
Why is möchte used here? What does it mean exactly?