Possessive determiners in German are words like "my," "your," or "his" that come before a noun. They tell us who something belongs to. In German, these words are special because they change their endings depending on the gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, accusative, etc.) of the noun that follows them.
First, you must choose the correct base word based on the owner:
Possessive determiners follow the same ending pattern as the indefinite article (ein). This means that in the Nominative case, masculine and neuter nouns usually have no ending, while feminine and plural nouns add an -e.
Watch how the ending changes based on the noun's role in the sentence:
The words unser and euer already end in "-er". When you add an ending that starts with a vowel (like -e, -em, -er), the "e" inside the stem is often dropped to make it easier to say.
Example with euer:
Euer Hund (Your dog - nominative)
Eure Katze (Your cat - feminine/plural, the 'e' before 'r' is dropped)
Always look at the noun following the possessive to decide the ending:
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