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Nominative Pronouns
PRACTICE
Tips and notes

Some other pronouns

Some other words can function as
die (fem.) die (pl.)
pronouns.
diese diese
The following ones change their endings
like definite articles:
jede ---

der das manche manche

this/these dieser dieses

Dieser Junge isst, dieser (Junge)
trinkt.
every jeder jedes
This boy eats, that (boy/one) drinks.

some mancher manches Jedes Kind mag Pizza. (Every kid likes
pizza.)

Manche Kinder mögen Käse. (Some

kids like cheese.)

Viel vs. viele

These roughly correspond to English Ich trinke viel Wasser.
"much/many". Use viel with uncountable Ich habe viele Hunde.
nouns, viele with countable ones.

Alles oder nichts

Just like nicht (not) has a look-alike Ich esse nicht. (I do not eat.)
nichts (nothing), alle (all) has alles Ich esse nichts. (I eat nothing.)
(everything) as a counterpart. Ich esse alles. (I eat everything.)
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Ich esse alle (Orangen). (I eat all

(oranges).)

Ein paar vs. ein Paar

Ein paar (lowercase p) means "a few",
"some" or "a couple (of)" (only in the
sense of at least two, not exactly two!).
Ein Paar (uppercase P) means "a pair
(of)" and is only used for things that
typically come in pairs of two, e.g. ein
Paar Schuhe (a pair of shoes).
So this is quite similar to English "a
couple" (a pair) vs. "a couple of" (some).

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