Nominative Case Flashcards
All Conjugations for Nominative Case (I separated the cases to prevent cross contamination)
Nominative case
indicates the subject of a sentence; it’s the ‘who’ or ‘what’ performing the action.
definite articles
a specific item or items that are known to both the speaker and the listener
definite masculine, definite feminine, definite neuter, definite plural
der, die, das, die
indefinite articles
used before nouns to indicate that the noun refers to any member of a general group rather than a specific one.
indefinite masculine, indefinite feminine, indefinite neuter, indefinite plural
ein, eine, ein, no form use keine
negative articles
used to negate the existence or quantity of a noun, similar to how “no” or “not any” are used in English.
negative masculine, negative feminine, negative neuter, negative plural
kein, keine, kein, keine
personal pronouns
stand in place of specific nouns to avoid repetition and provide clarity
personal pronoun first person singular
Ich
personal pronoun second person singular
du
personal pronoun third person singular
er/sie/es
personal pronoun first person plural
wir
personal pronoun second person plural
ihr
personal pronoun third person plural
sie
indicates the subject of a sentence; it’s the ‘who’ or ‘what’ performing the action.
Nominative case
a specific item or items that are known to both the speaker and the listener
definite articles
der
definite masculine
die
definite feminine
das
definite neuter
die
definite plural
used before nouns to indicate that the noun refers to any member of a general group rather than a specific one.
indefinite articles
ein
indefinite masculine and indefinite neuter
eine
indefinite feminine
no form, use keine
indefinite plural
used to negate the existence or quantity of a noun, similar to how “no” or “not any” are used in English.
negative articles
kein
negative masculine, negative neuter
keine
negative femenine, negative plural
stand in place of specific nouns to avoid repetition and provide clarity
personal pronouns
Ich
personal pronoun first person singular
du
personal pronoun second person singular
er/sie/es
personal pronoun third person singular
wir
personal pronoun first person plural
ihr
personal pronoun second person plural
sie
personal pronoun third person plural
possessive pronouns:
first person singular, second person singular, third person masculine, third person feminine, third person neuter, first person plural, second person plural, third person plural,
mich, dich, ihn, sie, es, uns, euch, sie
possesive pronouns
words that indicate ownership or possession
base form of possessive (standard with no gender)
mein, dein, sein, ihr, sein, unser, euer, ihr
possessive masculine and possessive neuter
-.
possessive feminine and possessive neuter
-e
mich, dich, ihn, sie, es, uns, euch, sie
possessive pronouns:
first person singular, second person singular, third person masculine, third person feminine, third person neuter, first person plural, second person plural, third person plural,
words that indicate ownership or possession
possesive pronouns
mein, dein, sein, ihr, sein, unser, euer, ihr
base form of possessive (standard with no gender)
-.
possessive masculine and possessive neuter
-e
possessive feminine and possessive neuter
