In my last post I discussed what adjectival endings you have to use when you use a noun with a definite article. Remember that ordinal numbers are grammatically nothing else than adjectives. That is, when you embed an ordinal in your sentence you have to modify it like any other adjectives. In this post I focus on the adjectival endings of ordinals that are used with indefinite articles and\/or possessive pronouns.<\/p>\n
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Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you can see, when you use nouns in the singular with indefinite articles and\/or possessive pronouns you have to add either an \u2013r, an \u2013n or an \u2013s to the ordinal. You add the ending \u2013r to: masculine-nominative. You add the ending \u2013s to: neuter-nominative and neuter-accusative. You add the ending \u2013n to: masculine-genitive, masculine-dative, masculine-accusative, feminine-genitive, feminine-dative, neuter-genitive, and neuter-dative.<\/p>\n Additionally, you can see that you obtain the German possessive pronouns mein<\/em>, meine<\/em>, meines<\/em>, meinen<\/em>, and meinem<\/em> (my) when you simply put the letter m<\/em> to the beginning of the indefinite articles ein<\/em>, eine<\/em>, eines<\/em>, einen<\/em>, and einem<\/em> (a\/an).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Plural<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you can see, when you use nouns in the plural with possessive pronouns you have to add the ending \u2013n to all forms of the ordinal or adjective, thus it is the same like in the singular with definite articles. (Compare this with my previous post on that topic.) Please note that there does not exist an indefinite article in the plural.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now you can apply these grammar rules to all other adjectives you know or will get to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In my last post I discussed what adjectival endings you have to use when you use a noun with a definite article. Remember that ordinal numbers are grammatically nothing else than adjectives. That is, when you embed an ordinal in your sentence you have to modify it like any other adjectives. In this post I…<\/p>\n\n\n
\n <\/td>\n Masculine (man)<\/strong><\/td>\n Feminine (woman)<\/strong><\/td>\n Neuter (child)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nominative<\/strong><\/td>\n (m)ein erster<\/strong> Mann<\/td>\n (m)eine zweite Frau<\/td>\n (m)ein drittes<\/strong> Kind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Genitive<\/strong><\/td>\n (m)eines vierten<\/strong> Mannes<\/td>\n (m)einer f\u00fcnften<\/strong> Frau<\/td>\n (m)eines sechsten<\/strong> Kindes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Dative<\/strong><\/td>\n (m)einem siebten<\/strong> Mann<\/td>\n (m)einer achten <\/strong>Frau<\/td>\n (m)einem neunten<\/strong> Kind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Accusative<\/strong><\/td>\n (m)einen zehnten<\/strong> Mann<\/td>\n (m)eine elfte Frau<\/td>\n (m)zw\u00f6lftes <\/strong>Kind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n <\/td>\n Masculine (men)<\/strong><\/td>\n Feminine (women)<\/strong><\/td>\n Neuter (children)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nominative<\/strong><\/td>\n meine ersten<\/strong> M\u00e4nner<\/td>\n meine zweiten<\/strong> Frauen<\/td>\n meine dritten<\/strong> Kinder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Genitive<\/strong><\/td>\n meiner vierten<\/strong> M\u00e4nner<\/td>\n meiner f\u00fcnften<\/strong> Frauen<\/td>\n meiner sechsten<\/strong> Kinder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Dative<\/strong><\/td>\n meinen siebten <\/strong>M\u00e4nnern<\/td>\n meinen achten<\/strong> Frauen<\/td>\n mit meinen neunten<\/strong> Kindern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Accusative<\/strong><\/td>\n meine zehnten <\/strong>M\u00e4nner<\/td>\n meine elften <\/strong>Frauen<\/td>\n meine zw\u00f6lften <\/strong>Kinder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n