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What are the four German cases of articles, nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
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nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative
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What is the nominative case used for?
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the subject of the sentence;
predicate nouns |
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What is the accusative case used for?
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the direct object of verbs and prepositions.
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The nominative case is used for predicate nouns after what three verbs?
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sein (to be), werden (to become), blieben (to remain)
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What are the nominative articles?
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mas: der
neuter: das fem: die plural: die |
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What are the accusative articles?
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mas: den
neuter: das fem: die plural: die |
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den
(nom. article) |
accusative case, masculine
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Position of objects in German?
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often before the verb; look for accusative article for clue:
Die Frau liebt der Mann -- the man loves the woman Die Frau liebt den Mann -- the woman loves the man |
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Den Wolf tötet der Bauer.
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The farmer kills the wolf.
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all
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all, every
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der Anfang (-"e)
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beginning
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das Angesicht
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face, countenance
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die Arbeit (-en)
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work
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der Bauer (-n)
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farmer
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das Bein (-e)
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Leg
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bleiben
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to remain
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die Bratwurst (-":e)
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sausage
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brechen (bricht)
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to break
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breit
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wide, broad
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bringen
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to bring
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das Eis
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ice
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der Fleiß
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effort
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der Fuß (-"e)
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foot
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die Hast
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haste
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immer
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always
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das Kleid (-er)
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dress, clothes
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kurz
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short
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lang
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long
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lieben
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to love
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machen
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to do, make
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der Meister (-)
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the master
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das Meisterstück (-e)
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masterpiece
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die Predigt (en)
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sermon
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die Schwierigkeit (-en)
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difficulty
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töten
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to kill
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die Übung (-en)
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practice
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das Unglück (-e)
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misfortune
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die Wahrheit (-en)
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the truth
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der Zwerg (-e)
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dwarf
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der Arbeiter (-s)
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worker
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der Arzt (-es, "e)
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doctor
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das Auge (-s, -en)
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eye
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die Besserung (en)
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improvement
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die Ehre (-n)
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honor
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der Fluch (-es, "e)
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curse
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klein
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small (poor)
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die Ruhe
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rest
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der Schatten (-s -)
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shadow
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die Seele (-n)
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soul
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die Selbsterkenntnis
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self-knowledge
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der Spielgel (-s,-)
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the mirror
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der Spruch (-es, "-e)
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maxim, saying
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der Teufel (-s, -)
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the devil
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das Tier (es, -E)
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animal, beast
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die Kuh (-, "e)
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cow
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das Leben (-s, -)
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life
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der Löwe (-n, -n)
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lion
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die Leute (pl)
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people
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die Mutter (")
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mother
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die Tugend (-en)
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virtue
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das Werk (-es, e)
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work
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das Wille (-ns, -)
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will
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das Wlhlleben (-s, -)
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well-being
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die Ziege (-n)
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goat
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Genitive case
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indicates possession
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Genitive case articles
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Mas: des
Neuter: des Fem: der |
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Des always used with ...
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singular nouns
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Masculine and neuter nouns with genitive case always end in ...
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s or es
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Genitive nouns usually ____ the noun it possesses
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Sie ist die Mutter des Kindes.
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Genitive case of proper nouns can be written two ways:
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Er ist Homers Student.
Er ist der Student Homers. |
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der (genitive article) v. des (genitive article)
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plural only: der Arbeiter
singular only: des Arbeiters |
