Agreement Link
Which elements must match each other?
Bedeutung
A coding rule where words change form to match another word's person, number, gender, case, definiteness, or class.
So erkennst Du es
Look for forms that change because another word changed.
Beispiele
he goes|la casa roja|these books
subject-verb agreement|adjective agreement
The dogs are hungry.
Visual guide
controller -> follower ---------------------- The dogs -> are number: plural matches plural If noun changes: dog -> is dogs -> are
Agreement patterns subject <-> verb: he goes noun <-> adjective: la casa roja det <-> noun: these books Features may match: person, number, gender, case
Sprachansicht
In deiner Muttersprache
German agreement connects articles, adjectives, nouns, pronouns and verbs.
Der kleine Hund schläft.
The small dog sleeps.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Englische Übereinstimmung ist begrenzt, aber wichtig: -s in der 3. Person Singular, Formen von be, Wörter wie this/these und passende Pronomen.
She walks to work.
walks stimmt mit she überein; -s markiert 3. Person Singular im Präsens
Lernende vergessen oft das -s nach he, she oder it oder verwechseln this/these und there is/there are.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.