German grammar
Nov. 4th, 2009 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwatersparkApart from the annoyance of learning arbitrary genders and plural formations, German grammar isn't so bad. I was afraid of the case system, but now that I'm looking at it, it's really tame compared to some other languages'.
There are only four cases, and the noun itself largely does not change endings--only the article preceding it does.
That's much better than Russian, with its complicated rules for the formation of its 6 cases.
Finnish wouldn't seem so bad except it has so many cases (14 + 2 literary) and consonant gradation--the latter is what scares me most. XP
There are only four cases, and the noun itself largely does not change endings--only the article preceding it does.
That's much better than Russian, with its complicated rules for the formation of its 6 cases.
Finnish wouldn't seem so bad except it has so many cases (14 + 2 literary) and consonant gradation--the latter is what scares me most. XP
