1. The Accusative Definite and Indefinite Articles

2. What is the Accusative Case? O Used to indicate direct objects in a sentence. O Direct objects receive the action of the verb. O Also used following certain prepositions. O The masculine article and pronoun changes its appearance in this Case.

3. Direct Objects O We have them and use them in English and auf Deutsch. O A Direct Object receives the action of the verb. O Franz bought the CD. O Franz is the subject. He controls the action of the sentence. O bought is the action. O The CD is being bought. It is receiving the action of the verb. It is the direct object. O The noun or the pronoun identified as the Direct Object is put into the Accusative Case. O Articles and/or pronouns change appearance to reflect this.

4. Articles O There are 2 main types of articles auf Deutsch: O Definite = the O Indefinite = a/an O The following charts show what they look like according to: O gender – masculine, feminine, neuter O number – singular or plural O case – nominative or accusative

5. Definite Articles

6. Masculine

7. Definite Articles MasculineFeminine

8. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuter

9. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural

10. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative

11. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative der

12. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdie

13. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedas

14. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie

15. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative

16. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative den

17. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative dendie

18. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative dendiedas

19. Definite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative derdiedasdie Accusative dendiedasdie

20. Indefinite Articles

21. Masculine

22. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminine

23. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuter

24. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural

25. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative

26. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative ein

27. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineine

28. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineein

29. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine

30. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative

31. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative einen

32. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative eineneine

33. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative eineneineein

34. Indefinite Articles MasculineFeminineNeuterPlural Nominative eineineeinkeine Accusative eineneineeinkeine