Language/German/Grammar/Cases
.
Hello everybody,
In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨CASES¨ in German
Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions !
Good learning ! :)
.
.
Some explanations for the Cases in German
| Nos | ENGLISH | PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH |
GERMAN | PRONUNCIATION
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE |
BRAZILIAN
PORTUGUESE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Nominative : it indicates the
subject of a verb, such as "the monkey" |
Nominativo : Indica o sujeito do verbo, como em
¨o macaco¨ | |||
| 02 | Ex.:The monkey
eats a banana |
dehr ah feh eest
ah ih neh bah nah neh |
Der Affe isst eine Banane | dér á fe iist áine
ba na ne |
Ex.: O macaco
come a maçã |
| 03 | |||||
| 04 | Accusative : It indicates
the direct object, such as "a pen" |
Acusativo : Indica o objeto direto, como em
¨a caneta¨ | |||
| 05 | Ex.: He bought
a pen |
ehr haht ah ih nehn
shtihft geh cow fiht |
Er hat einen Stift gekauft. | er Hat ái nen chtift
gue káufit |
Ele comprou
uma caneta |
| 06 | |||||
| 07 | Dative : It indicates
the indirect object, such as "him" |
Dativo : Indica o objeto indireto, como em (ele) | |||
| 08 | Ex.: His father will
give him a tricycle |
sah ihn fah tuhr vihrt
ihm ah ihn drah ih rahd geh behn |
Sein Vater wird
ihm ein Dreirad geben |
sáin fátâr vírt im áin
drái rat gue ben |
O pai dele lhe
dará um tricículo |
| 09 | |||||
| 10 | Genitive : It usually
indicates the possessor of something, such as "my mom" |
Genitivo : Indica o posuidor de alguma coisa, como em
¨minhã mãe¨ | |||
| 11 | Ex.: This is
a helicopter of my mom |
dahs ihst ah ihn
hoop chrah ou behr mah ih nuhr mou tuhr |
Das ist ein Hubschrauber meiner Mutter | das ist áin
Hup chráuber mái nâr mu târ |
Este é o
helicóptero da minha mãe |
.
There are four cases in German: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive.
- Nominative (Nom. or N) indicates the subject of a verb, such as "the monkey" in "The monkey eats a banana." "Der Affe isst eine Banane."
- Accusative (Akk. or A) indicates the direct object, such as "a pen" in "He bought a pen." "Er hat einen Stift gekauft."
- Dative (Dat. or D) indicates the indirect object, such as "him" in "His father will give him a tricycle." "Sein Vater wird ihm ein Dreirad geben."
- Genitive (Gen. or G) usually indicates the possessor of something, such as "my mom" in "This is a helicopter of my mom." "Das ist ein Hubschrauber meiner Mutter."
.
Prepositions
may require accusative, dative or genitive objects. They can be found here:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German/Grammar/Prepositions_and_Postpositions.
.
Verbs
may require accusative, dative or genitive objects.
.
Dative verbs
can be found here:
http://germanforenglishspeakers.com/reference/dative-verbs
.
Genitive verbs
can be found here:
https://easy-deutsch.de/en/verbs/verbs-with-complements/genitive/
You can assume other verbs are all accusative, if you don't want to bother search each new verb you meet.
English Wikibooks has an article on: cases.
.
Practice resources
https://quizlet.com/207586948/common-german-genitive-verbs-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/164731009/intermediate-german-dative-verbs-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/237466632/german-prepositions-cases-flash-cards/