Furnishing a flat

Ada and Nils need furniture. Kaufen, suchen and brauchen take an accusative object. With a masculine noun, ein becomes einen and the adjective ends in -en. Feminine eine and neuter ein keep their forms.

Compare einen neuen Tisch, eine helle Lampe and ein kleines Sofa. The article and adjective describe the object being bought or sought. Learn the gender with each furniture word.

In the shop, use der, die and das forms for particular objects. The masculine accusative article is den, and its adjective ends in -en. With singular feminine die or neuter das, the adjective ends in -e.

For objects, compare den runden Tisch, die weiße Lampe and das breite Regal. Plural die takes -en: die weichen Kissen. The verb does not decide the noun's gender.

Now the flatmates decide what fits in the room. The furniture is still an accusative object after stellen or legen. A separate phrase tells you where they put it. Keep those two phrases apart when choosing endings.

Einen roten Teppich is the object; vor das Sofa is its destination. Compare keine dunklen Vorhänge with plural die weichen Kissen from the shop. After plural keine or die, use -en.