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* Accusative indicates the direct object of a transitive verb, such as "a pen" in "He bought a pen". | * Accusative indicates the direct object of a transitive verb, such as "a pen" in "He bought a pen". | ||
* Dative indicates the noun or pronoun which receives something if it's not a subject, such as "him" in "His father will give him a tricycle". | * Dative indicates the noun or pronoun which receives something if it's not a subject, such as "him" in "His father will give him a tricycle". | ||
* Genitive usually indicates the possesor of | * Genitive usually indicates the possesor of something, such as "my mom" in "This is a helicopter of my mom". | ||
This lesson means to keep brief. It only covers the main usage, to make people understand quickly. | This lesson means to keep brief. It only covers the main usage, to make people understand quickly. | ||
Revision as of 04:04, 26 August 2017
There are four cases in German: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive.
- Nominative indicates the subject of a verb, such as "the monkey" in "The monkey eats a banana."
- Accusative indicates the direct object of a transitive verb, such as "a pen" in "He bought a pen".
- Dative indicates the noun or pronoun which receives something if it's not a subject, such as "him" in "His father will give him a tricycle".
- Genitive usually indicates the possesor of something, such as "my mom" in "This is a helicopter of my mom".
This lesson means to keep brief. It only covers the main usage, to make people understand quickly.