1. The Secret of the German Language Lesson 6: Today will be a good day. Today those little orphaned endings will be adopted. This shows the humanity of the German case system. And this time Daddy Warbucks isnt needed to adopt little orphaned endings.

2. The Secret of the German Language Do you remember when endings are orphaned? There are three positions only. Which types of words orphan their endings? Ein- words are the only ones to orphan their endings. So who would be generous enough to adopt these poor stray little orphan endings?

3. The Secret of the German Language Drum roll, please... Adjectives. Thats right, adjectives are the most generous words on planet German. Adjectives want to adopt any orphaned endings. In fact, a line of adjectives will all share an orphan ending, making his life just swell.

4. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) So if you see these symbols, ein- words orphan their endings in those three cases. You might have a sentence like: Ein Mann ist hier.

5. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Ein Mann ist hier. So the –r that is normally there: Der Mann ist hier. Dieser Mann ist hier. etc. That –r has been orphaned.

6. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Ein Mann ist hier. But along comes a generous adjective like groß. The adjective wants to adopt that little orphaned ending: Ein großer Mann ist hier.

7. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Ein großer Mann ist hier. In fact, if there are more adjectives, they all want to adopt: Ein großer, netter, schöner Mann ist hier. Dont you feel better now?

8. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) This happens with the two S cases as well: Ein Kind ist hier. Ein doofes Kind ist hier. Ich habe ein Spielzeug. Ich habe ein neues Spielzeug.

9. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) So lets try a few: Sein__ schön__ Frau ist jung.

10. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Sein__ schön__ Frau ist jung. In this case there is no orphan ending and no adoption. Just the regular crooked line rule.

11. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? The first ending (e) is the E from RESE. The second is the adjective ending from the crooked line. Seine schöne Frau ist jung.

12. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Okay, how about this one? Herr Schmidt schlägt d__ faul__ Kind (n.) mit dem Lineal.

13. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) This doesnt use ein- words. It uses der- words. Therefore no orphaned ending and no adoption. Just the crooked line rule. Herr Schmidt schlägt d__ faul__ Kind (n.) mit dem Lineal.

14. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? Herr Schmidt schlägt das faule Kind mit dem Lineal.

15. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) But if we do use ein- words, things change: Herr Schmidt schlägt kein__ faul__ Kind (n) mit dem Lineal.

16. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Here we have an orphaned ending and a generous adjective to adopt it. Herr Schmidt schlägt kein__ faul__ Kind (n) mit dem Lineal.

17. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? Herr Schmidt schlägt kein faules Kind mit dem Lineal.

18. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Heres another one: Unser__ hässlich__ Lehrer schaut ein__ hübsch__ Kätzchen an.

19. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Did you get this? Unser hässlicher Lehrer schaut ein hübsches Kätzchen an.

20. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Heres another: Mein__ nett__ Mutter gibt mein__ verrückt__ Bruder ein__ gelb__ Blume.

21. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Nothing was orphaned this time. Meine nette Mutter gibt meinem verrückten Bruder eine gelbe Blume.

22. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) One more: D__ grün__ Apfel dein__ älter__ Schwester ist verdorben.

23. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Thats genitive and nothing was orphaned. Der grüne Apfel deiner älteren Schwester ist verdorben.

24. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Okay, can you handle some translations? Her blue pencil is gone (use weg)

25. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Good thing she has more than one pencil. Did you get the orphaned ending and the adopted ending? Ihr blauer Bleistift ist weg.

26. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) How about this one: The happy boy saw his old girlfriend.

27. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) No wonder hes happy. Der glückliche Junge hat seine alte Freundin gesehen.

28. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Heres a real challenge: This nice teacher reads a good story to every young child. (Write as: This nice teacher reads every young child a good story)

29. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) Must have been a Sabine und Michael story! Dieser nette Lehrer liest jedem jungen Kind eine gute Geschichte.

30. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) One final shot: A nice girls big dog is sweet. Do you know how to change that?

31. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive) The big dog of a nice girl is sweet Der große Hund eines netten Mädchens ist süß. No orphaned endings here.

32. The Secret of the German Language And now todays tip: Words that end in –schaft, -ung and –tät are always feminine: Freundschaft Zeitung Universität

34. R ES E NES E MRMN +n S +s R R -e -en masculine feminineneuterplural adjective Endings Nominative (Subject) Accusative (Direct Object) Dative (Indirect Object) Genitive (Possessive)