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,,ein" is the German word for "a." But there are masculine, feminine, and neuter versions of it. In the nominative case, there is:
ein - der (masculine)
eine - die (feminine)
ein - das (neuter)
ein Volk works, cause Volk is neuter ,,das Volk"
die Musik (music) is feminine, and this is where you need ,,eine Musik" ... like if you wanted to say, "a cat" you'd say ,,eine Katze" because die Katze is feminine
actually for Berliner... in German you don't need to say ,,ein" (a). For instance, if I was saying I am a teacher, I would say, "Ich bin Lehrer." Loosely in English, I am teacher, without the "a." This is natural for German. To say I am American, I'd say, Ich bin Amerikaner," not "Ich bin ein Amerikaner."
So I think you want to say simply ,,Berliner" - pvd is a native berlin dude
DJ is masculine, so it is ein DJ
and for ,,des Jahres" I need to clarify this with some native German speakers. ,,des Jahres" is the high german way we are taught in America, but I have heard varying ways of this. The general rule is if the word is only one syllable, to ad the ,,es" on the end or if the word ends in an "s", and if it is two syllables, to only ad the ,,s"
(ie) Das Fenster des Hauses -- it Haus ends in "s" so add the ,,es" the window of the house
Die Farbe des Autos -- Auto is two syllables and doesn't need the ,,es," just ,,s"
sorry, I don't have that picture... if any native speaking Germans could give this a look over, that'd be coo
I'm studying German in College to be a High School German teacher. I'm not trying to diss your sig., I just thought you might want it to say exactly what you're tyring to say
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