German Language Crash Course

Okay Leute, here's my "berfast" German Language Crash Course.(Some Pictures Rosetta Stone Language and Tables have been taken out of this article. Please visit my website to view the original German Language Crash Course in it's complete form! Link Below! Thanks) The German language is very much like the German culture. Everything has a reason and a rule. If at first you don't see a rule, look harder!Here is the quick and dirty summary of this article:Gender and Case are used to identify whether the noun in a sentence is a Subject, Direct Object or an Indirect Object. That's it! That's why German has der, die, das, dem, den des!It's just to indicate what the noun's place in the sentence is! The Definite and Indefinite articles are there to show you what Gender and Case of the Nouns are!If you didn't understand that, here's the explanation:Before I explain the basics of German, that everything else is founded upon we need to review some simple grammar. Don't worry this won't be as painful as school. If I can understand this... so can you!Subjects (S), Direct (DO) and Indirect objects (IO) are at the core of a sentence. Let's dissect this sentence:"Bob bakes ead for Bambi."Whenever looking at a sentence from now on get in the habit of asking yourself: "What is the Subject (S), Direct Object (DO)andIndirect Object (IO) of this Sentence?" First what do these terms mean?Definitions:Verb'ing: Is what a Subject does to a Direct or an Indirect object. "The Action"Subject: The Subject is the noun that is "verb'ing" (doing something). "The Language Learning Software Do-er"Direct Object: The (DO) is what the action is being done to. "Focus of Attention"Indirect object: Isn't being verbed. It's the awkward noun that is thrown into the sentence. "The loner"So back to the sentence: "Bob bakes ead for Bambi". Ask yourself first where the Verb is. In this case the verb is "bakes". Now to find the Subject you ask "who is baking": "Bob". Bob is baking. To find the DO of any sentence you always ask "who or what" is being "verb'ed". This is easy and logical. Is Bob baking "ead" or is he baking "Bambi"? I hope it's obvious that Bob is baking the "ead"... To find the IO you ask "to whom or what is the ead being baked"? Bambi is receiving the ead. So there you have it."Bob (S) bakes (V) ead (DO) for Bambi (IO)."Now that we understand that we can move on to the fun stuff.One sticking point for many German Language Learners is the Gender part. In English we only have the, but in German there is: der,die, das, dem, den, and des; which are called definite Articles . There are also that many variations on the word "A", which is called an Indefinite Article . English actually has two indefinite articles: A and An. We all know the rule that any word that starts with a vowel and has an "a" in front of it must be spelled "an". German also has rules like this for its Definite and Indefinite Articles (ie. Adjective Endings ).The variations of the word "the" and "a" in German are done to represent different cases in the sentence. What are "cases"? Case is just a fancy word that means "a different form of a word is used depending on the word's function in the sentence." I'll come back to Cases in a second, but I need to say something quick about Gender.I'm going to present you with some information in a backwards kind of way, so stick with me. From now on if anything gets confusing: STOP reading and come back here and reread.Okay, for example the words in German: derein Mann, dieeine Frau, dasein Korean Learning Software Haus. All have different genders. The differentgenders of the words are reflected by the definite or indefinite article in front of them. When you look in a dictionary you'll find these words and beside them there will be a M for Masculine, F for feminine or N for Neuter. Okay keep this stuff in mind for later. Right now I want to exercise your ain.