@kdfrawg Got tired of voicemail and phone menu hell so I contacted them on Twitter. We'll see what happens.
// @matigo
@literary Romanian, the Romance language with the Slavic influence. You are a glutton for punishment, aren't you? :-)
@literary I began studying German in 1979, and I still screw it up sometimes. Don't feel bad. People will still understand what you mean,and I've found that Germans (and Austrians and Swiss) are pretty understanding about the difficulties for English-speakers, and appreciate that we're even trying. :-)
@literary Another way to look at it: you use "kein" with nouns, and "nicht" with verbs.
@literary Basically:
kein = no (as in, I have no idea = Ich habe keine Idee) - the opposite of "a/an"
nicht = not (as in, I can't do that = Ich kann das nicht machen)
You use "kein" with neuter or masculine nouns, and "keine" with feminine and plural nouns. There are also other endings thanks to German's complicated case system (keinen, keinem, etc.) and it works the same way with ein, eine, einen, etc.