| Grammar Notes: Ein Bild mit einer Katze. - Ein (indefinite article, nominative singular masculine): "a" - Bild (noun, neuter, nominative singular): "picture" - mit (preposition): "with" - einer (indefinite article, dative singular feminine): "a" (here, it modifies "Katze") - Katze (noun, feminine, dative singular): "cat" Translation: "A picture with a cat." Das Bild ist schwarz-weiß, abgesehen von den roten Augen der Katze. - Das (definite article, nominative singular neuter): "the" - Bild (noun, neuter, nominative singular): "picture" - ist (verb, 3rd person singular of "sein" - to be): "is" - schwarz-weiß (compound adjective): "black and white" - abgesehen von (phrase, preposition): "apart from" - den (definite article, dative plural): "the" - roten (adjective, dative plural): "red" - Augen (noun, feminine, dative plural): "eyes" - der (definite article, genitive singular feminine): "of the" - Katze (noun, feminine, genitive singular): "cat" Translation: "The picture is black and white, apart from the red eyes of the cat." ### Grammar tip: In German, adjectives must match the gender, case, and number of the noun they modify. For example, roten is the dative plural form of the adjective "rot" (red), because it modifies Augen (eyes), which is in the dative plural. The definite article den and the adjective roten work together here. Also, abgesehen von is a fixed phrase that uses the dative case. The words after von (from) often take the dative case in such phrases. ### Related words: - Katze (cat) has a diminutive form: Kätzchen (kitten). - Bild (picture) could also be used in different contexts like Gemälde (painting). |
