LANGUAGE THROUGH SONG - WARLOCK (DORO) (#2)

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GERMAN:

Keine Macht

Wird uns jemals trennen
(Ich) werde wie ein Tier d'rum kampfen
Du lernst mich kennen

ENGLISH:

No power

Will ever part us

I will fight like an animal for this

You are getting to know me.

VOCABULARY:

die Macht – power

jemals – ever

wie – like

ein Tier – an animal

darum; d'rum – therefore, for that reason

GRAMMAR:

Negation

“Keine Macht”

Negation is usually expressed in German by placing “nicht” [nisht] after the verb:

Ich sehe (I see) [ish zay-uh]
>

Ich sehe nicht (I don't see) [ish zay-uh nisht]

In the source text example, however, we are negating a noun rather than a verb, to express the idea of there being none of that noun.

so...

die Macht (power)

becomes...

keine Macht (no power)

The 'kein' word replaces the usual article ('the' or 'a' word), as instead of having 'the power', now we have 'no power'

The Nominative Case

“Keine Macht”

German has four cases, we will look at just one in this instance – the nominative case.

The nominative case acts on the subject of a sentence, or the person/thing in the sentence that is 'doing' the verb.

e.g. The cat sits on the mat.

In this instance 'the cat' is the subject of the sentence, as it is doing the sitting.

'The mat' isn't doing anything. It is being sat on, so it is the object of the sentence – the person/thing that the verb is being done to.

The nominative case is also used for some sentence objects – usually those being subjected to the verbs 'sein' (to be) and 'werden' (to become)

The articles for the nominative case in German are as follows:

Definite Article: (the)

masculine – der

feminine – die

neutral – das

plural – die

Indefinite Article: (a)

masculine – ein

feminine – eine

neutral – ein

plural – eine

The source text example uses a 'kein-' word, rather than an article. To get the correct form of this for the nominative subject, simply add a 'k' to an indefinite article:

eine > keine

VERBS:

trennen – to separate; to part (future tense)

Ich werde trennen – I will separate [v-air-duh trenn-un]

du wirst trennen – you will separate (informal singular) [veer-st trenn-un]

er/sie/es/man wird trennen – he/she/it/one will separate [veer-t trenn-un]

ihr werdet trennen – you will separate (informal plural) [v-air-det trenn-un]

wir werden trennen – we will separate [v-air-dun trenn-un]

Sie werden trennen – you will separate (formal) [v-air-dun trenn-un]

sie werden trennen – they will separate [v-air-dun trenn-un]

kampfen – to fight (future tense)

Ich werde kampfen – I will fight [v-air-duh kamp-fen]

du wirst kampfen - you will fight (informal singular) [veer-st kamp-fen]

er/sie/es/man wird kampfen – he/she/it/one will fight [veer-t kamp-fen]

ihr werdet kampfen – you will fight (informal plural) [v-air-det kamp-fen]

wir werden kampfen – we will fight [v-air-dun kamp-fen]

Sie werden kampfen – you will fight (formal) [v-air-dun kamp-fen]

sie werden kampfen – they will fight [v-air-dun kamp-fen]

kennenlernen – to get to know; to meet (present tense)

Ich lerne kennen – I am get too know [lair-nuh kennen]

du lernst kennen – you are get to know (informal singular) [lair-n-st kennen]

er/sie/es/man lernt kennen – he/she/it/one is getting to know [lair-n-t kennen]

ihr lernt kennen – you are getting to know (informal plural) [lair-n-t kennen]

wir lernen kennen – we are getting to know [lair-nun kennen]

Sie lernen kennen – you are getting to know (formal) [lair-nun kennen]

sie lernen kennen – they are getting to know [lair-nun kennen]

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