German Lesson (27) - Definite Articles - der - A1 Video Lecture | Learn German Language (Basics): Course for Serious Learners

hi guys head of Etta welcome back to
German with Jenny in this episode I want
to talk to you about the masculine
article okay
the definite masculine article in German
is dia dia okay and we use definite
articles to talk about specific objects
you know objects when you refer to
objects lying in front of you or a
specific person this requires you to use
di which in English is the okay
unfortunately there are three articles
in German I'm going to talk about the
feminine and the neutral article in
another episode the bad news is that
you're going to have to actually
memorize most words in combination with
the specific article okay so um in most
cases there's no way of finding out
whether it's the word is going to be
masculine feminine or neutral however um
there are actually some endings which
tell you which article you need to use
most of the time you cannot rely on that
but at least it's going to make your
life a little easier okay alright so
today what I'm going to do is I'm going
to talk to you about those endings and
I'm going to tell you which endings
require you to use the masculine article
okay so let's get started for male
people or for professions you're going
to have to use the article dia for
example they are asked Deppe loot - f -
tent demon Daruma etc then we have the
months of the year okay
de yong hwa defi ba the mats they occur
they're mine
etc weekdays are also masculine there
Montag dear Dean stag dammit for tetanus
tag deaf krytac des am stuck des on tag
seasons are also masculine deaf wheeling
des oma perhaps de vente wind directions
are also masculine Dan Norton desert and
devastation all car brands are masculine
they're fought there
demet cedis Debbie MV def away etc nouns
that have been derived from verbs and
end in a are are masculine dial a Agha
dear father damn it Abita words that end
in isthmus are masculine dad capitalist
mas de national isthmus dijanna Liz mas
de Ariel is most etc names of alcoholic
drinks are usually masculine Dec
cocktail day whiskey divine dead cognac
- schnapps
however there's one very important
exception at least for us German it's
very important does BIA das BIA most
words that end in ant a and T are
masculine for example de elephant
daredevil stunts deer pissant however
there are exceptions such as disgusto ha
or does Co song they're actually
pronounced kind of Frenchie because
those are French words we have a lot of
words in German which are pronounced in
a French way just in case you're
wondering about that words that end in
Ling Li and G are usually masculine such
as dialing or deaf oiling nouns that end
an N er are usually masculine such as -
f na or de Vanina most words that end in
O are are masculine such as damn motor
or detract OA okay I hope that makes it
a little easier studying nouns and their
articles however whenever you learn a
new word remember to always learn it
with the article it's going to make your
life a lot easier because articles a
German can be very tricky but they're
very essential because they determine
everything in the German grammar okay
you really have to know your daddy
deaths okay alright well that was it for
today thank you very much this is some
Nixon my cheese