... aber die Steine waren so schwer, ...
... but the stones were so heavy, ...

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The word Steine is plural, therefore requiring a plural article. In this example, die Steine is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.  Note the subject-verb agreement.

German nouns show plural in four different ways:

- no change in the noun or added umlaut:	das Märchen> dieMärchen der Bruder > die Brüder
- added -e or -e plus umlaut:	der Berg > die Berge
- added -er or -er plus umlaut:	das Land > die Länder
- added -en or -s(foreign words)	die Blume > dieBlumen der Park > die Parks

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