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Deutsche Grammatik. How do you find the case of a noun or pronoun? . But what is a case?. A case is a situation a noun or a pronoun is in within a clause. It is a particular part of speech—the function it has in the sentence. Let’s check for the case of the noun or pronoun. It could be in :
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Deutsche Grammatik How do you find the case of a noun or pronoun?
A case is a situation a noun or a pronoun is in within a clause. It is a particular part of speech—the function it has in the sentence.
Let’s check for the case of the noun or pronoun. It could be in : Nominative Accusative Dative Genitive
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.
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 aufdemDach.
If that doesn’t work, try this… Can you put the English words “of” or”from” in front of the phrase? If so, then your phrase is in GENETIVE ! z. B: Die Schwestermeines Freundeswohnt in Italien.
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?
Still not happy? Well, the rest is easy!
Everything else is in ACCUSATIVE case!!! z. B.: Ich schreibe eine Prüfung in der Mathestunde.
YOU DID IT !! GRATULIERE !