Prepositions, Accusative Flashcards
Prepositions:
Show the location of things.
In German, the noun after the preposition is ___ in the nominative case.
never
Some nouns following prepositions are ___ in the accusative case.
always
Others are ___ in the accusative case others are only in the dative case. (this happens in English too.)
sometimes
für mich
for me (not I)
durch ihn
through him (not he)
gegen uns
against us (not we)
In German, even the “the” changes in the accusative case for __ ___. That is /always/ the case after the prepositions that govern the accusative case.
der nouns
Prepositions that govern the accusative case:
durch - through, für - for, gegen - against, ohne - without, and um - around
durch /den/ Park
through the park
für mein/en/ Onkel
for my uncle
gegen dein/en/ Freund
against your friend
unohne /den/ Lerhrer
without the teacher
um /den/ Baum
around the tree
Even though __ ___ and __ ___ don’t have different “the” in the accusative case, the words are, nevertheless, in the accusative case and the “the used, is now in the accusative case.
die nouns, das nouns
