Nominative and Accusative

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Nominative and Accusative
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Nominative Case

• The nominative case marks the subject of the
  sentence
• The dog eats.
• Der Hund ißt.

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Accusative Case

• The accusative case is in charge of the direct
  object of a sentence
• The Dog eats the apple.
• Der Hund ißt den Apfel.

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Definite vs Indefinite Article

• The definite article refers to the word The.
• The dog is eating
• Der Hund ißt.
• The indefinite article refers to the word
  a,an.
• A dog is eating.
• Ein Hund ißt.

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Definite Articles Continued

• Masculine der ---? den
• Feminine die ---? die
• Neuter das ----? das
• Plural die -----? die

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Indefinite Articles Continued

• Masculine ein -----? einen
• Feminine eine ---? eine
• Neuter ein -------? ein
• Plural ------

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Pronouns

• In English if the pronoun I becomes the direct
  object of the sentence it changes to me.
• The dog sees me.
• Likewise German Pronouns change when they are the
  direct object!

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Pronouns Continued

• Ich ---------? mich
• Du----------? dich
• Er/sie/es---? ihn/sie/es
• Wir----------? uns
• Ihr----------? euch
• Sie/sie------? Sie/sie