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The ol mnemonic my German professor taught me about remembering the German articles:
Rese
Nese
Merman
Sister Sister
I took several years of German in highschool and in college and this doesn't make any sense to me. Explain please?
It’s a way to remember the case endings.
Last letter of definite article endings deR diE daS diE etc.
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.
If you look at the image, you get, for example:
The third and fourth like don't match up as nicely, but I think it's specifically the endings for each