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Language notes
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Nominative, Accusative, Dative |
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According to their place
in the sentence and their relationship to other parts of the sentence, nouns as
well as determining words such as 'a', 'an', 'the', may change their forms. This is what
is grammatically referred to as cases. There are four cases in
German:
1. The nominative
case indicates the subject of the sentence; in other words the
determining word + noun carry out the action of the verb.
2. The accusative
case indicates the object of the sentence; in other words the determining word
+ noun are subjected to the action of the verb.
3. The genitive case
is used when expressing possession - the equivalent of the English
'of' - and after certain
prepositions.
4. The dative case
is used when introducing an object - generally the equivalent of the English
'to' - and after certain
prepositions.
| der Betrieb |
Der
Betrieb hei脽t Bootcenter Creek.
The company is
called Bootcenter Creek. |
nominative |
Frau
Reuter hat den Betrieb besucht.
Frau Reuter has
visited the company. |
accusative |
Der Name
des Betriebs ist Bootcenter Creek.
The name of the
company is Bootcenter Creek. |
genitive |
Der
englische Kunde muss dem Betrieb einen Brief
schreiben.
The English
customer must write a letter to the company. |
dative |
| die Chefin |
Die
Chefin hei脽t Frau Maier.
The boss is
called Frau Maier. |
nominative |
Anna
kennt die Chefin.
Anna knows the
boss. |
accusative |
Der Name
der Chefin ist Frau Maier.
The name of the
boss is Frau Maier. |
genitive |
Die
Sekret盲rin hilft der Chefin.
The secretary
helps the boss. |
dative |
|
das Unternehmen |
Das
Unternehmen ist privat.
The company is
private. |
nominative |
Er hat
das Unternehmen erweitert.
He has expanded
the company |
accusative |
Er ist der
Kopf des Unternehmens.
He is the head of
the company. |
genitive |
Sie
arbeiten bei dem Unternehmen.
They work for the
company. |
dative |
singular
der Kunde
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plural
die Kunden
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Die Kunden kommen
aus England
The customers
come from England. |
nominative |
| die
厂迟盲谤办别 |
die 厂迟盲谤办别n |
Die
Technologien sind die 厂迟盲谤办别n unseres
Unternehmens.
The technologies
are the strengths of our company. |
accusative |
| das Produkt |
die Produkte |
Der
Verkaufspreis der Produkte ist sehr profitabel.
The retail price
of the products is very profitable. |
genitive |
| der Plan |
die 笔濒盲苍别 |
Neue
Investitionen sind in den 笔濒盲苍别n f眉r die
Zukunft.
New investments
are in the plans for the future. |
dative |
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