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Why did the 1st person plural present ending change from -em (in Proto-West-Germanic) to -en (in German)?
You have to acknowledge that this does not have the typical properties of a sound shift. In a sound shift, the language's phonemes are affected, like merging phonemes, creating new allophones or ...
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Wenn ich aber beginne, darüber nachzudenken, werde ich verwirrt.
Zunächst eine Vorbemerkung: wir alle haben ein Sprachzentrum - und das beherrscht fehlerlos die Sprache, die wir gelernt haben. ...
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Ja, deine Denkweise ist so größtenteils richtig. Das entscheidende Konzept hier ist die Zählbarkeit. "Eine Liebe" ist zählbar, wie "ein Glas", es kann also "diese Liebe und ...
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Do I use the null article after "ohne" for a noun that is part of a longer phrase?
Let's try a few different attributes for the noun:
relative clause: impossible
*Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, ohne Mensch, der mir beim Abwasch hilft, zu leben.
apposition: impossible
*ohne ...
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Do I use the null article after "ohne" for a noun that is part of a longer phrase?
The key is to understand that the German indefinite article »ein« (engl. a, an) is completely identical to the German numeral »ein« (engl. one):
indefinite article
What have you got in your bag? Is ...
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Article omission before Anfang/Ende
Yes, omitting the article in front of Anfang, Mitte, Ende is acceptable. In some cases it's more common, and in some even mandatory.
A bit of background: The most typical use of Anfang, Mitte, Ende is ...
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