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In lesson 9, we already touched on the topic of diphthongs. They are sounds that are made from two different sounds. These are the most common ones: au, ai, ei, äu, and eu.
au: aus, Paul, Frau, auch
ai: Michail
ei: nein, bei, Polizei, leider
Ai and ei sound the same. Ei is more common. Meili is a Chinese name, not a German word. That’s why it’s pronounced differently.
Also äu and eu sound the same. Eu is more common.
ie: these letters are also a unit, but they are not a diphthong. They just make one long i sound when they are together: sie, wie, Diebe
Grammar
der Bruder
das Praktikum
die Hochzeit
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ein Bruder
ein Praktikum
eine Hochzeit
We can see that eine is for feminine (die) nouns, and it takes the e from the article die. The article ein is both for masculine (der) and neuter (das) nouns.
And just like the English word „a“, ein and eine are both singular.
No more training wheels! Writing exercises will always be case-sensitive and punctuation-sensitive from now on. If your device automatically capitalizes, then simply press the shift ⇧ key.
3 Rewrite the sentences
Change the articles from der/die/das to ein/eine
If you can’t write ä, ö, ü, and ß then replace them with ae, oe, ue, and ss.
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