Grammar Flashcards
What are the 4 cases?
Nominative
Accusative
Dative
Genitive
Nominative Endings:
Masculine: -er (der)
Neutral: -es (das)
Feminine: -e (die)
Plural: -e (die)
Accusative Endings:
Masculine: -en (den)
Neutral: -es (das)
Feminine: -e (die)
Plural: -e (die)
Dative Endings:
Masculine: -em (dem)
Neutral: -em (dem)
Feminine: -er (der)
Plural: -en (den)
Genitive Endings:
Masculine: -en (des)
Neutral: -en (des)
Feminine: -er (der)
Plural: -er (der)
What is nominative case?
The thing doing the action shown by the verb (the subject)
I go to the cinema
I = nominative noun
What is accusative case?
The direct object of a sentence. The thing having the action done to it.
I have a dog
dog = accusative noun
What is dative case?
The indirect object of a sentence. The thing being affected by the action.
My dad’s sending the man a letter
Man = Dative noun
What is Genitive case?
Possession
The man’s hat
Man = Genitive noun
List some accusative prepositions:
Spell out ‘fudge bow’
für - For um - Around/for/at (time) durch - Through gegen - Against entlang - Along bis - Until ohne - Without wider - Against
List some dative prepositions:
Match tune of good king Wenceslas.
aus - From/out of bei - At/at the house of mit - With nach - To (a place)/after/past (time) seit - Since/for (time) von - From zu - To gegenüber - Opposite außer - Except for
zu + dem =
zu + der =
von + dem =
zu + dem = zum
zu + der = zur
von + dem = vom
an + dem =
in + dem =
in + das =
an + dem = am
in + dem = im
in + das = ins
List some dative and accusative prepositions:
The ones that are both.
Accusative (moving): an - On-vertical auf - On-horizontal, upon hinter - Behind in - In/into) Dative (stationary): neben Next to/beside über Over/above unter Under/among vor In front of/before/to (time zwischen between
List some genitive prepositions:
(an)statt - Instead of trotz - In spite of außerhalb - Outside während - During innerhalb - Inside wegen - Because of