Calling all Germans - Need an explanation... - Page 3

I'm thinking it's top secret and you need clearance to know the "real" answer.

Thanks....I think...LOL...UGH. So...since I do not speak German I'd have to ask a German the specific name I have picked out to really know?

policemom you CRACK ME UP! (still chuckling at that one..) Yeah, they'd tell ya, but they'd haveta KILL ya!

OK, here's the correct explanation from a German: von of or from von der of or from the(following noun feminine) vom short for von dem of or from the(following noun masculine or neutrum) von den of or from the(following noun plural) you can't say vom or von der shepherd because it's not a German word, German word for shepherd is Schäferhund, masculine word, vom. hope it's all clear.

*I* is first person singular, *we* is first person plural, no gender difference *You* and *You* are 2nd person, singular and plural, again, no gender difference. Where there is a gender difference is in the 3rd person singular: Masculine is *he* Feminine is *she* Neuter is *it* Third person plural is *they* This is just the nominitive case in English...there are other cases and othe variances. Verbs are gramatically constructed as are the der, die and das adjectives based on the gender and how they are being used in the sentence or phrase. German is a very difficult language speak amd learn as to being gramatically correct. My mother is a full German, my father learned and spoke some German from WW II and I 4 pointed in college.

What about "aus der"? As in Gaby aus der Schloßstadt. Would that be "out of the"?

Just put a Z in there and say they're Czech.

Der is always masculine, die is always feminine and das is always neuter. As I recall it, die is always used with a plural noun. As I recall it, an object of the sentence or of a preposition is masculine gender, so a form of der (dem or den) would be used.

Connie Is that you giving Deutch lessons?

Don, Yes...I am trying, but I do admit that it was a little while ago since I have studied Deutsch! I hope I have helped and not blundered...there are many tricky grammar issues in this language :)