What people have: yes/no questions, negation with 'kein', 'mein/meine'
I can use 'mein' plus nouns to talk about my things, 'kein' to say what I do not have, and ask other people what they have.
What people have: yes/no questions, negation with 'kein', 'mein/meine'
I can use 'mein' plus nouns to talk about my things, 'kein' to say what I do not have, and ask other people what they have.
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Key learning points
- The subject and verb of a German sentence swap places to turn a statement into a yes/no question.
- 'Mein, 'meine', 'mein' means 'my'.
- 'Kein' means 'not a' and is used with a nouns to say what you do not have.
- 'Kein' behaves like the indefinite article 'ein'. The masculine changes to 'keinen' after 'haben'.
- The prefix 'Lieblings-' can be added to a noun to mean 'favourite ...'.
Keywords
Mein, meine - my
Kein, keine, keinen - not a
Prefix - letters added to the beginning of another word
Common misconception
To say 'not a' in German, say 'nicht ein'.
Use 'kein' to say what you do not have.
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