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Pronouns In German, pronouns must have the same gender as the noun they replace. But remember that gender is determined not by reference to males, females, or inanimate objects but rather by the structure of the noun. Since some German masculine nouns are inanimate objects, the German masculine pronoun can mean it when referring to something inanimate, or it can mean he when referring to a male. The same thing occurs with feminine and neuter pronouns. Look at the following examples for masculine, feminine, neuter, and plural nouns and their respective pronouns. masculine                masculine         pronoun der Lehrer     teacher        er.                  he der Gärtner   gardener     er                   he der Wald        forest    ...

Forming Plurals Singular nouns are those that describe one person or object: a boy, a girl, my house, their teacher, our party. Plural nouns describe more than one person or object: five boys, the women, a few windows,your parents, these flowers. In English, most nouns become plural by adding an -s. Some English nouns form their plural in other ways, such as one woman becomes ten women, a mouse becomes the mice. A few German nouns form their plural by adding an -s like English. These nouns tend to be foreign words, such as: singular          plural                    English das Auto         die Autos             cars das Baby         die Babys            babies das Kino          die Kinos          movie theaters der Streik       d...