Die deutsche Fälle

Question 1

the nominative is used for the ……………. of the sentence, meaning

Answer 1

subject

meaning the person of thing doing the action of the verb

Question 2

the accusative case is used for the …………… meaning

Answer 2

direct object

meaning the person or thing to which the verb is ‘done’

Question 3

always use the ………….case with the verb sin (to be)

Answer 3

nominative with sein

‘Der Lehrer ist lustig.’
‘Ich bin ein fleißiger Schüler.’

Question 4

always use the ……………..case after ‘es gibt’ (there is/there are)

Answer 4

accusative case

‘Es gibt einen Taschenrechner.’

Question 5

‘I bought the computer in America.’ =

Answer 5

Ich habe den Computer in Amerika gekauft.
oder
Den Computer habe ich in Amerika gekauft.

(the second sentence puts greater emphasis on the direct object, bu the accusative case clearly shows that the computer is the direct object while ich is the subject)

Question 6

The negative article ‘kein’ and the possessive adjectives ‘mein, dein, sein, ihr’ (my, your, his, her) follow the same pattern as

Answer 6

ein

(nom. ) Mein Computer / Meine Gitarre
(acc. ) Ich habe keinen Computer.

Question 7

the dative case is used for the …………

Answer 7

indirect object
meaning ‘to’ or ‘for’ somebody or something

Ich gebe dem Lehrer ein Buch.
(I give a book to the teacher.)

Er stellt der Schülerin eine Frage.
(He asks the student a question.) - here the question is being asked TO THE student, so the dative case is used)

Question 8

the verbs helfen and danken (to help and to thank) use the …………….. case for the object

Answer 8

helfen and danken use the dative

Sie hilft dem Mann.
Er dankt der Frau.

Question 9

The prepositions that are followed by the dative case are:

Answer 9

aus (out of, from)
bei (at the house of)
seit (since, for)
nach (after)
mit (with)
von (from)
zu (to)
außer (except, apart from)
gegenüber (opposite)

Question 10

the nominative pronouns are:

Answer 10

ich (I)
du (you)
er (he)
sie (she)
es/sie/er (it)
wir (we)
ihr (you, plural)
Sie (you, polite)
sie (they)

Question 11

the accusative pronouns are used …………

they are:

Answer 11

the following accusative pronouns are use for the person or thing to which the verb is done as direct object pronouns:

mich (me)
dich (you)
ihn (him)
sie (her)
es (it)
uns (us)
euch (you, plural)
Sie (you, polite)
sie (them)

Question 12

the dative pronouns are used ……………..

they are:

Answer 12

use for indirect objects, that is to or for something or somebody:

mir (me, to me)
dir (you, to you)
ihm (him, to him)
ihr (her, to her)
ihm (it, to it)
uns (us, to us)
euch (you, to you)
Ihnen (you, to you)
ihnen (them, to them)

Question 13

the genitive case is used to

Answer 13

show possession
this can be translated in English as ‘of’ or in French as ‘de’
e.g.
‘My brother’s present’ becomes ‘The present of my brother.’
‘Le cadeau de mon frere.’

Das Geschenk meines Bruders.

Question 14

for the genitive case, the direct and indirect articles, as well as the words for ‘not a’ and pronouns, change. You also need to add ………………… to the end of………………

Answer 14

add -s or -es tot he end of masculine and neuter nouns.

Add -es if the noun is only one syllable and just -s if it is longer

Question 15

the genitive case is used after the following prepositions:

Answer 15

anstatt (instead of)
außerhalb (outside)
innerhalb (inside)
trotz (despite)
während (during)
wegen (because of)