What’s on the The Genitive poster
A 4-row table: Gender · Article · Noun.
Articles and the noun ending it forces.
- Masculine — des — + -(e)s
- Neuter — des — + -(e)s
- Feminine — der — unchanged
- Plural — der — unchanged
Das Auto des Mannes in writing; das Auto von dem Mann in speech. Both are correct; the register differs.
Questions about the The Genitive poster
- What’s on the The Genitive poster?
- A 4-row table: Gender · Article · Noun. Articles and the noun ending it forces. Masculine — des — + -(e)s; Neuter — des — + -(e)s; Feminine — der — unchanged; Plural — der — unchanged. Das Auto des Mannes in writing; das Auto von dem Mann in speech. Both are correct; the register differs.
- Who is the The Genitive poster for?
- The Genitive belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning german can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the The Genitive poster?
- In conversation, von plus dative usually replaces it. In writing, the genitive is still expected. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Genitive belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with The Genitive?
- Adjective Endings, The Four Cases and Compound Nouns sit alongside The Genitive in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Adjective EndingsThe Four CasesCompound Nouns
- Is the The Genitive poster free to download and print?
- Yes. The Genitive downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the The Genitive poster print at?
- The Genitive is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Genitive loses nothing.Printing guide
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