Coffee Break German

CBG 1:05 | Introducing family members

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Feb 20, 2013
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ADVICE

Learn Nouns With Their Article

  • Learn family nouns with their definite article because German genders change the article form.
  • Always memorize new German nouns together with 'der', 'die' or 'das' to avoid mistakes.
ADVICE

How To Introduce Family Members

  • Introduce family members with "Das ist + mein(e) + [relation]" (Das ist mein Bruder/Meine Schwester).
  • Use "heißt" to say someone's name: "Er heißt Hans" or "Sie heißt Nicola".
INSIGHT

Child Is Neuter

  • "Kind" is neuter (das Kind) and represents the third gender for people when sex is unspecified.
  • This highlights that grammatical gender doesn't always match natural sex in German.
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