Grammar

Question 1

What are the 4 cases?

Answer 1

Nominative
Accusative
Dative
Genitive

Question 2

Nominative Endings:

Answer 2

Masculine: -er (der)
Neutral: -es (das)
Feminine: -e (die)
Plural: -e (die)

Question 3

Accusative Endings:

Answer 3

Masculine: -en (den)
Neutral: -es (das)
Feminine: -e (die)
Plural: -e (die)

Question 4

Dative Endings:

Answer 4

Masculine: -em (dem)
Neutral: -em (dem)
Feminine: -er (der)
Plural: -en (den)

Question 5

Genitive Endings:

Answer 5

Masculine: -en (des)
Neutral: -en (des)
Feminine: -er (der)
Plural: -er (der)

Question 6

What is nominative case?

Answer 6

The thing doing the action shown by the verb (the subject)
I go to the cinema
I = nominative noun

Question 7

What is accusative case?

Answer 7

The direct object of a sentence. The thing having the action done to it.
I have a dog
dog = accusative noun

Question 8

What is dative case?

Answer 8

The indirect object of a sentence. The thing being affected by the action.
My dad’s sending the man a letter
Man = Dative noun

Question 9

What is Genitive case?

Answer 9

Possession
The man’s hat
Man = Genitive noun

Question 10

List some accusative prepositions:

Spell out ‘fudge bow’

Answer 10

für - For 
um - Around/for/at (time) 
durch - Through 
gegen - Against 
entlang - Along 
bis - Until 
ohne - Without 
wider - Against

Question 11

List some dative prepositions:

Match tune of good king Wenceslas.

Answer 11

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

Question 12

zu + dem =
zu + der =
von + dem =

Answer 12

zu + dem = zum
zu + der = zur
von + dem = vom

Question 13

an + dem =
in + dem =
in + das =

Answer 13

an + dem = am
in + dem = im
in + das = ins

Question 14

List some dative and accusative prepositions:

The ones that are both.

Answer 14

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

Question 15

List some genitive prepositions:

Answer 15

(an)statt - Instead of 
trotz - In spite of 
außerhalb - Outside 
während - During 
innerhalb - Inside 
wegen - Because of