Cases What are they??!!

What are Cases in German? O Cases help organize sentences. O They help make sense of who is doing what to whom, why they are doing it, and by what means. O Cases are specific to their respective sentence elements.

What are the Cases? O The Nominative Case O The Accusative Case O The Dative Case O The Genitive Case

The Nominative O Used mostly to indicate the subject of the sentence, whether noun or pronoun. O Subjects control the action or state of being in the sentence. O Also used with the predicate nominative. O This is the first case you are introduced to in the classroom environment.

The Accusative 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 durch, für, gegen, ohne, um, bis, entlang O The masculine article and pronoun changes its appearance in this Case.

The Dative O Used to indicate indirect objects in a sentence. O Indirect objects answer the question to or for whom is the action being done. O Also used following certain prepositions. O aus, außer, bei, mit, nach, seit, von zu O Also follows certain verbs. O helfen, gefallen, folgen, gehören, Leid tun, passieren O Articles in all genders change their appearance in this case.

The Genitive O Used to show possession in a sentence. O This is different from using possessive adjectives. O Also used following certain prepositions. O (an)statt, trotz, während, wegen, außerhalb/innerhalb O Articles in all genders change their appearance in this case.

What do you need to know? O You don’t need to be an expert in each case by the end of German 1. O Throughout your German career you will be introduced to the various cases, their elements, and how to use them. O When you are introduced to a case, it never goes away from that point on: you need to know it and how to use it from that point on!