Deutsche Grammatik

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Deutsche Grammatik

• How do you find the case of a noun or pronoun?

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But what is a case?
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A case is a situation a noun or a pronoun is in
within a clause. It is a particular part of
speechthe function it has in the sentence.
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Lets check for the case of the noun or pronoun.

• It could be in
• Nominative
• Accusative
• Dative
• Genitive

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Is your noun doing the verb? If so,
it is the subject of the sentence and is
NOMINATIVE.
z.B Heute geht meine Mutter mit mir einkaufen.
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Is there a preposition in front of the noun
phrase or pronoun?
If so, then use the case the preposition
requires.
an über
vor zwischen
z. B. Er arbeitet auf dem Dach.
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If that doesnt work, try this

• Can you put the English words of orfrom in
  front of the phrase?

If so, then your phrase is in GENETIVE
! z. B Die Schwester meines Freundes wohnt in
Italien.
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So, you still havent found the right case, yet??
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Can you put to or for in front of the phrase
and it makes sense?

• Then your noun or pronoun
• is in
• DATIVE case!!!

z.B Wann gibst du seiner Tochter den Job?
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Still not happy?

• Well, the rest is easy!

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Everything else is in ACCUSATIVE case!!!
z. B. Ich schreibe eine Prüfung in der
Mathestunde.
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YOU DID IT !!

• GRATULIERE !