- Mein 2) Meine I selected Mein which I found to be incorrect. In the discussion thread somebody who claimed to be a native speaker mentioned that if some adjectives are used directly before the noun, then it should be 'Meine'. But here no adjective is used before the noun, Hemden, but still 'Meine' is correct. I don't understand why.
If I say Mein Freund hat mich überredet, ins Kino zu gehen. Does "Mein Freund" automatically mean "my boyfriend", or can it also just mean "my friend" depending on the context?
grammar - The difference between "mein" and "meine" - German Language ...
I learned that a pronoun should take an ending in accordance with its gender, case, numerus, etc. whenever it refers to some noun in particular — ‘Das Auto ist meins’ for example. So in the follow...
Actually, “mein Lieber” is very rarely used to address someone, with the possible exception of the use mentioned in Thorsten's answer. So maybe you want to check where you encountered the word and expand your question. The phrases “lieber xxx” and “mein lieber xxx” are different from this.
Would answering "Jawohl" to an order or request be associated with Nazi Germany? What about "Jawohl, mein Kommandant"? Can it be used (jokingly) without people finding it tasteless?
The phrase, Ich glaub' mein Schwein pfeift literary translates to “I think my pig is whistling". Idiomatically it is a way to convey shock and astonishment when confronted with an unbelievab...
Given that "Schatz" is a masculine word, I would use masculine modifiers with it, such as "der". But suppose I were using "Schatz" to refer to a woman I was dating. Would I then refer to "mein Sc...