2. Deutsche Grammatik How do you find the case of a noun or pronoun?

3. But what is a case?

4. 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.

5. Lets check for the case of the noun or pronoun. It could be in : Nominative Accusative Dative Genitive

6. 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.

7. Is there a preposition in front of the noun phrase or pronoun? If so, then use the case the preposition requires. z. B.: Er arbeitet auf dem Dach. an über vor zwischen

8. 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.

9. So, you still havent found the right case, yet??

10. 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?

11. Still not happy? Well, the rest is easy!

12. Everything else is in ACCUSATIVE case!!! z. B.: Ich schreibe eine Prüfung in der Mathestunde.

13. YOU DID IT !! GRATULIERE !