ANIMALS AND THE ACCUSATIVE Subject must be a

ANIMALS AND THE ACCUSATIVE

Subject ● must be a noun or pronoun ● cannot be in a prepositional phrase ● has a connection to the verb

Direct Object ● must be a noun or pronoun ● cannot be in a prepositional phrase ● answers the questions whom or what

Examples I SEE THE BOY. verb = see subject = I I see whom? = boy is the direct object

HE HAS THE BOOK. verb = has subject = he he has what? = book is the direct object

case The case determines the form of the word. The case is determined by how the word is used in the sentence.

The boy is big. = boy is the subject I see the boy. = boy is the direct object He gives the boy the book. = boy is the indirect object She went to the movies with the boy. = boy is the object of the preposition.

In English there are two cases nominative case= used with subjects I sing the song. (not me sing the song) objective case = used for objects direct = We see him. (not we see he) indirect = He gave her the flowers. (not we gave she the flowers) object of the preposition = They come with us. (not they come with we)

In German there are 4 cases nominative accusative dative genitive

So far, we have only used the nominative case, which is the case for the subjects. Wie heisst der Junge? Die Schwester ist klein. Wo ist das Buch?

Accusative Case The case of the direct object. Ich habe den Hund. Er sieht die Kuh. Wir essen das Stinktier nicht.

der chart masculine feminine neuter plural nominative der die das die accusative den die das die

ein chart / indefinite article = a, an masculine feminine neuter plural nominative eine ein keine accusative einen eine ein keine