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Lektion 9 · A1 · LingoBoss German

German A1 Family: mein, meine, sein or ihr? | Lesson 9

Learn German A1 family vocabulary and master mein, meine, sein, and ihr through real German sentences. One wrong word can move someone into the wrong family — after this lesson, you will know exactly which form to use. In this complete A1 lesson with Leo and Lena, you will learn: • 16 essential family words with articles and plurals • every possessive artic...

Chapters · 15
0:00Der Familienfehler
0:35Dein Lernziel
0:57Eltern & Kinder
1:38Geschwister
2:18Die große Familie
2:53Fünf Satz-Motoren
3:32Nominativ komplett
4:42sein oder ihr?
5:25Akkusativ komplett
6:33Echte Familienfragen
7:18Sprechtraining
8:04Quiz: Rette die Familie
9:23Dialog: Das Familienalbum
10:09Mini-Geschichte
11:18Zusammenfassung
Transcript

This is Lena. And this is his brother Ben. Stop! His brother? I am Lena, not Leo. This is my brother. You say: ihr Bruder. One wrong word and Ben lands in another family. Mein, dein, sein, or ihr? Today it finally becomes clear. Stay until the quiz. There you must save the family yourself. At the end of this lesson you can introduce your family in German. You will learn the most important family words with articles and plurals. You will use all possessive articles in the nominative and accusative. And you will speak many real sentences, not just study a dry table. First we build a family. The parents are at the top. Die Mutter, die Mütter. My mother's name is Eva. Der Vater, die Väter. My father lives in Hamburg. Together they are die Eltern. This word is always plural. Der Sohn, die Söhne. Their son is twelve years old. Die Tochter, die Töchter. Our daughter is learning German. A son and a daughter are the children. One child, many children. Now the siblings and cousins enter our family tree. Der Bruder, die Brüder. This is my brother Ben. Die Schwester, die Schwestern. Do you have a sister? A brother and sister are siblings. I have two siblings. Die Cousine is feminine. My cousin studies in Cologne. Der Cousin is masculine. Your cousin likes playing football. Notice the ending: Cousine with e, Cousin without e. A large family often has many more people. Oma means grandmother. My grandmother cooks very well. Opa means grandfather. His grandfather tells funny stories. Grandma and grandpa are the grandparents. Our grandparents live in the countryside. An aunt is the sister of your mother or father. An uncle is their brother. My uncle's name is Martin. With five small sentence patterns you can immediately say a lot. This is my sister. This is our father. I have a brother. I have no children. My mother's name is Eva. What is your father's name? Our aunt lives in Berlin. Where do your grandparents live? My son is eight years old. His daughter is already twenty. Say these sentences aloud. Your mouth must learn the forms. Now comes the full table, but we will read it as a system. With der and das there is no ending: mein Bruder, mein Kind. With die and in the plural, add e: meine Schwester, meine Eltern. For du, mein becomes dein: dein Bruder, deine Schwester. For er we use sein: sein father, seine mother. For sie we use ihr: ihr father, ihre mother. Es also belongs with sein: The child visits its grandmother. For wir it is unser: our son, our daughter. For ihr it is euer. But before an e ending, one e disappears: eure Mutter. For plural sie it is ihr again: ihre Kinder. Formal Sie gets a capital I: Ihr Name, Ihre Familie. The owner chooses the stem. The family word chooses the ending. So ich plus Mutter gives meine Mutter. Wir plus Vater gives unser Vater. The most common mistake happens with sein and ihr. This is Leo. His brother is called Ben. This is Lena. Her brother is also called Ben. Bruder stays masculine. Nevertheless sein changes to ihr. Why? Because Lena is the owner, not because Bruder is feminine. Mia visits her parents. Ben visits his parents. Always ask first: Who does the person or thing belong to? Then you choose sein or ihr. Only after that comes the ending. Now we make the family move. Then we often need the accusative. This is my brother. Mein Bruder is nominative here. I visit my brother. Now mein becomes meinen. Only the masculine column gets an n in the accusative: meinen Bruder. Das Kind stays the same: Ich sehe mein Kind. Die Schwester stays the same: Ich besuche meine Schwester. The plural also stays the same: Ich treffe meine Eltern. With du you say: I know your father and your mother. With er: Leo visits his uncle and his aunt. With sie: Lena calls her brother and her sister. With wir: We visit our grandpa and grandma. With ihr it is euren Vater, euer Kind, eure Mutter, eure Eltern. Remember just this door: masculine plus accusative gets en. Now we have a real short conversation about family. Do you have siblings? Yes, I have a brother. No, I have no siblings. I am an only child. What is your mother's name? My mother's name is Aylin. Where do your parents live? Our parents live in Cologne. How old is your son? My son is nine years old. Are you married? Yes, I am married. Or: No, I am single. That is a completely normal answer. Now it is your turn. Build the sentence aloud. Ich plus Schwester. Das ist ... This is my sister. Lena plus Vater. Das ist ... This is her father. Wir plus Eltern. Wir besuchen ... We visit our parents. Ihr plus Bruder. Ihr besucht ... You visit your brother. Very good! Quiz time. Five cards are labelled incorrectly. Save the family! Question one: Lena visits ... brother. Ihren Bruder. Lena is the owner, and Bruder is masculine accusative. Question two: We see ... parents. Unsere Eltern. The plural stays the same. Question three: This is Paul. ... daughter is called Mia. Seine Tochter. Paul is er, so use sein, and Tochter gets e. Question four: What is ... mother's name? Du. Deine Mutter. Du chooses dein; die Mutter supplies the e. Last question: You visit ... grandpa. Euren Opa. Euer loses one e and gets n. Done! Who is the woman in the photo? This is my mother. Her name is Eva. And is that your father? Yes. My father's name is Thomas. Are you children also in the photo? Of course. That is my brother and me. What is your brother's name? My brother's name is Ben. His wife's name is Mia. Do Ben and Mia have children? Yes, their daughter's name is Emma. Do you visit your family often? Yes, on Sunday I visit my parents. On Saturday it is my grandma's birthday. The whole family is coming. I want to give her a large family photo. Leo helps me and writes names under all the people. Under Ben I write: ihr Bruder. That looks correct. But under Mia, Leo writes: sein Frau. Something is wrong there. Of course! It must be seine Frau. Frau is feminine. Then under Emma it says seine Tochter. That is correct if Ben is the owner. But if Mia is the owner, we say ihre Tochter. Suddenly the doorbell rings. Our parents and grandparents are at the door. I quickly hide the photo behind my back. Grandma comes in, sees her family, and smiles. The photo is saved, the family is correct, and the surprise works. You now know the most important family words with articles and plurals. You know: The owner chooses mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, or euer. The following word decides the ending. In the accusative, the masculine form gets en: meinen Bruder. Now write three sentences about your family in the comments. For example: Meine Mutter heißt ..., and meine Eltern wohnen in ... See you in lesson ten. See you soon at LingoBoss German!