• ZorakOfThatMagnitude
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    132 years ago

    The ol mnemonic my German professor taught me about remembering the German articles:
    Rese
    Nese
    Merman
    Sister Sister

    • @PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee
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      222 years ago

      I took several years of German in highschool and in college and this doesn’t make any sense to me. Explain please?

      • @PotjiePig@beehaw.org
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        2 years ago

        Not op but I have a hunch,

        The mnemonic is to remember the differences,

        DeR - Rese

        deN - Nese

        DeM deM - MerMan

        deS deS - Sister Sister.

        • KubeRoot
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          22 years ago

          If you look at the image, you get, for example:

          deR diE daS diE

          The third and fourth like don’t match up as nicely, but I think it’s specifically the endings for each