LëtzQuizSaatzbau · Level 2 of 8
+ an object (articles)
Pattern Subject + Verb + Object.
Ech iessen eng Pizza. I am eating a pizza.
Now you need the articles. Every noun has a gender, so always learn the noun with its article.
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | den / de | d' | d' | d' |
| a | en / e | eng | en / e | — |
- Ech iessen eng Pizza.I am eating a pizza. (f)
- Ech iessen d'Pizza.I am eating the pizza. (f)
- Ech drénken e Kaffi.I am drinking a coffee. (m)
- Ech liesen e Buch.I am reading a book. (n)
- Ech hunn en Auto.I have a car. (m)
The n-rule (Eifeler Regel)
The final -n of den, en, an, wann… is dropped before most consonants, and kept before a vowel and before n, d, t, z, h. en Auto (vowel, keep n) but e Kaffi (K, drop n) · den Dësch (D, keep n) but de Kaffi (K, drop n).
Add “gär” for likes:
- Ech iesse gär Pizza.I like eating pizza.
- Ech drénken net gär Béier.I don't like drinking beer.
In drénken net the -n stays, because net starts with n. The n-rule works on verbs too: Ech drénke gär Téi drops it before g.
Practice
Write 10 sentences about what you eat, drink, have and like.