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There are four cases in German: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive. | 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." | * Nominative indicates the subject of a verb, such as "the monkey" in "'''The monkey''' eats a banana." "'''Der Affe''' isst eine Banane." | ||
* 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'''." "Er hat '''einen Stift''' gekauft." | ||
* 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." "Sein Vater wird '''ihm''' ein Dreirad geben." | ||
* Genitive usually indicates the possesor of something, such as "my mom" in "This is a helicopter of my mom". | * Genitive usually indicates the possesor of something, such as "my mom" in "This is a helicopter of '''my mom'''." "Das ist ein Hubschrauber '''meiner Mutter'''." | ||
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 08:35, 16 February 2018
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." "Der Affe isst eine Banane."
- Accusative indicates the direct object of a transitive verb, such as "a pen" in "He bought a pen." "Er hat einen Stift gekauft."
- 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." "Sein Vater wird ihm ein Dreirad geben."
- Genitive usually indicates the possesor of something, such as "my mom" in "This is a helicopter of my mom." "Das ist ein Hubschrauber meiner Mutter."
This lesson means to keep brief. It only covers the main usage, to make people understand quickly.