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2007-03-26 07:43:23 · 9 answers · asked by potters1 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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The basic form of 'my' is 'mein', but endings must be added depending on the gender of the word (masculine 'der', feminine 'die' or neuter 'das'), whether or not it's plural and what case it is. There are four cases in German:

1) Nominative = the subject of the sentence (e.g. 'the man' in the sentence 'the man sends his mother's letter to the bank')
2) Accusative = the direct object of the sentence (e.g. 'a letter' in the above sentence)
3) Dative = the indirect object of the sentence (e.g. 'the bank' in the sentence)
4) Genitive = possession (e.g. his mother's)

The case can also depend on other parts of speech in the sentence (e.g. 'mit', meaning 'with', is always followed by the dative).

Depending on these things, 'my' can be mein, meine, meiner, meines, meinen or meinem. The link below provides you with tables to show what 'my' is in the different cases. The first table should be the most relevant to you.

2007-03-26 08:47:58 · answer #1 · answered by jammycaketin 4 · 2 0

Meine, Or Mein. Depending on Gender.

2007-03-30 14:03:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Depending on the grammatical gender and grammatical case of the noun, the German for 'my' can be any one of the following:

*mein
*meine
*meinen
*meines
*meiner
*meinem

For example:

My father
Mein Vater

I love my father
Ich liebe meinen Vater

I went with my father
Ich ging mit meinem Vater

2007-03-26 14:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by eurotraveller 3 · 1 1

The word is Mein.

2007-03-26 14:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Mein or Meine

2007-03-26 14:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Mein
meine


Depending on the gender of the thing which is yours.

2007-03-26 14:49:28 · answer #6 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1 1

MEIN pronounced mine.

2007-03-26 14:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by Deafro 4 · 0 1

Consider the book title, "Mein Kampf" which means "my battle / contest / struggle."

(Masculine mein, feminine meine).

2007-03-26 15:12:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2 3

meine

2007-03-26 14:46:01 · answer #9 · answered by ♥pola77♥ 5 · 0 1

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