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What are the definite articles, M, F, N, Pl |
der, die, das, die (for plural) |
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What are the Indefinite articles, M, F, N |
ein, eine, ein |
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What is the nominative case / how is it used? |
Nominativ – really the most basic case when referring to something. Always uses the definite article, der, die, das, die. (ein, eine, ein, kein, keine, kein, keine, mein, meine, mein, meine) |
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What is the Akkusativ case / how is it used, what changes? |
Akkusativ – direct object in a sentence that receives an action etc, i.e. you are buying something, the object you are buying is being impacted etc. Only Maskulin changes from the basic Nominativ case to den, everything else stays as it. Den, die, das, die, (einen, eine, ein,, keinen, keine, kein, keine, meinen, meine, mein, meine) |
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What is the Davit case / how is it used, what changes? |
Dativ – when an indirect object (dativ) is the receiver for a direct object (akkusativ). An example is the police give the driver a ticket, in this case the driver is the dativ receiving the direct object the ticket which is the akkusativ. The dativ case is the often the thing which is the “to” in the sentence. All cases change with dativ, der = dem, die = der, das = dem, die = den + n (to the word). (einem, einer, einem, keinen) |
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What is the Genitive case / how is it used, what changes? |
Genitive – shows possession and is mostly used in written not spoken (where dativ is often used instead). Maskulin and Neutral both change to des / eines, and feminine and plural both change to der / einer. In English genitive will usually have an “of” or 's. Maskulin and Neutral will change the nouns with an es or s ending. |
