Wir kaufen das T-Shirt am Merchandise-Stand.

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Breakdown of Wir kaufen das T-Shirt am Merchandise-Stand.

• kaufen: to buy
• das T-Shirt: the T-shirt
• am: at

Questions & Answers about Wir kaufen das T-Shirt am Merchandise-Stand.

Why is it Wir kaufen and not Wir kauft?

Because wir means we, and the verb has to match the subject.

The verb kaufen is conjugated like this:

• ich kaufe
• du kaufst
• er/sie/es kauft
• wir kaufen
• ihr kauft
• sie/Sie kaufen

So with wir, you use kaufen.

Why is das T-Shirt using das?

Because T-Shirt is a neuter noun in German, so its article is das.

German nouns have grammatical gender:

• der = masculine
• die = feminine
• das = neuter

So the noun is learned as das T-Shirt.

This does not mean the shirt is somehow “neutral” in real life—it is just the grammatical gender of the word.

Why is it das T-Shirt and not some other form like dem T-Shirt?