Meine Freundin schneidet eine Mango für das Frühstück.

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Breakdown of Meine Freundin schneidet eine Mango für das Frühstück.

• mein: my; (masculine or neuter, nominative)
• das Frühstück: the breakfast
• schneiden: to cut

Questions & Answers about Meine Freundin schneidet eine Mango für das Frühstück.

Why is it meine Freundin and not mein Freundin?

Because Freundin is a feminine noun.

The possessive mein- changes its ending to match the noun’s gender, number, and case. Here, Freundin is:

• feminine
• singular
• in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence

So mein becomes meine:

• mein Freund = my boyfriend / male friend
• meine Freundin = my girlfriend / female friend

Why is it eine Mango?

Because Mango is a feminine noun in German, and here it is the direct object of the verb schneiden.

The verb schneidet is acting on a mango, so Mango is in the accusative case. For feminine nouns, the indefinite article in both nominative and accusative is eine:

• nominative: eine Mango
• accusative: eine Mango

So the form does not change here.

Why is schneidet in the middle of the sentence?