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A comprehensive introduction to the accusative case in german grammar, explaining its function in sentences and how it affects the forms of articles and pronouns. It includes clear explanations, examples, and practice exercises to help learners understand and apply the concepts. The document also covers the basics of identifying subjects and objects in german sentences, further enhancing the understanding of sentence structure.
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Prepositons commonly used with accusative Bis Until Ohne without Um around Für for Durch through Gegen against entlang along verbs commonly used with accusative suchen to search finden to find kaufen lesen to read besuchen bestellen order trinken
What is the subject of a sentence? The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that is “doing” the verb. To find the subject, look for the verb and ask “Who or what is doing?” (substitute the verb for “doing” -- Who or what is singing? Who or what is sleeping?) Subjects are always in the NOMINATIVE CASE. What is the direct object of a sentence? The direct object receives the action of the verb. To find the direct object, look for the verb and ask “Who or what is being verbed?” (as in Who or what is being kicked? Who or what is being read?) Direct objects take the ACCUSATIVE CASE. For example: The woman sees the girl. The woman is the subject and is nominative. the girl is the direct object and is accusative. The girl sees the woman. The girl is the subject and is nominative. the woman is the direct object and is accusative. In English the articles “the”, “a” and “an” do not change depending on whether the noun is accusative or nominative. (Only pronouns change case in English: compare “She sees me” and “I see her”.) In German not only the personal pronouns but also many other words change their form based on case. The articles (der, ein, kein, etc.), possessive adjectives (mein, dein, etc.), and a few (unusual) nouns all change their form (usually by adding or changing endings) depending on what case they are in. Right now we’ll be dealing mostly with the definite articles (der/die/das) and the indefinite articles (ein/eine); the table below shows how they change in the accusative case: Nominative Definite Indefinite Masc. Der Tisch ist braun. Das (that ) ist ein Tisch. Fem. Die Lampe ist neu. Das ist eine Lampe. Neut. Das Fenster ist offen. Das ist ein Fenster. Plural Die Bücher sind interessant. Das sind keine Bücher. All of the nouns above are in the nominative case because they are the subjects of the sentences or because they follow the verb “sein.” Accusative Definite Indefinite Masc. Ich sehe den Tisch. Ich habe einen Tisch. Fem. Ich sehe die Lampe. Ich habe eine Lampe. Neut. Ich sehe das Fenster. Ich habe ein Fenster. Plural Ich sehe die Bücher. Ich habe keine Bücher.
Fill in the correct INDEFINITE article (ein/eine/einen).
Akkusative pronouns Nominative Accusative I Ich Mich me You Du Dich you He Er Ihn him She Sie Sie her It Es Es it We Wir Uns us You all Ihr Euch you They/you (formal) sie Sie them I go without you. We found him she ordered for us he knows you