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The prepositions in Accusative case

The article of nominative & accusative

The personal pronouns in accusative case

Wir brauchen Sie! ▶

I can hear you.

We need You!

Ich kann euch hören. ▶

He understands us.

Er versteht uns. ▶

Ich rufe sie an. ▶

I’m calling her.

The gift is for him.

Das Geschenk ist für ihn. ▶

I love you.

Ich liebe dich▶

She asks me "where are you?"

Sie fragt mich “wo bist du?” ▶

The pronouns in accusative case (only)

The pronouns in accusative case

The article

Check me!

Ich mag den Hund. ▶ I like the dog.

Er hasst die Nachrichten . ▶He hates the news.

Hast du das Telefon? ▶ Do you have the phone?

Take your chance and try to guess how these sentences translate. When you want to check, press " Check me"

Mrs. Purrplexed wants to play!

Ohne: Es ist schwer, ohne Geld zu leben.

Für: Das Auto ist für dich!

Gegen: Hast du etwas gegen die Kopfschmerzen?

Durch: Ich fahre durch die Stadt.

Um: Das Geschäft ist um die Ecke.

Entlang: Sie rennt die Straße entlang

Ich trinke einen heißen Tee. ▶ I drink a hot tea.

Sie liest ein Buch. ▶ She reads a book

Wir essen eine Suppe. ▶We eat a soup.

English	German
for	für
through	durch
without	ohne
along	entlang
against	gegen
around, at (used for expressing time)	um

Have you noticed? “Sie” doesn’t change at all in Accusative !

Mr. Puddle answers:

Have you noticed?!

English	German
Me	Mich
You	Dich
Him	Ihn
Her	Sie
Us	Uns
You	Euch
Them	Sie
You( Formal)	Sie( Formal)

First of all, let's clarify what a preposition is. According to Wikipedia, "a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in ‘the man on the platform’, ‘she arrived after dinner’, ‘what did you do it for ?’."

In German, each case has some prepositions that are absolutely related to a specific case. Meaning, if we see that preposition in the sentence, it's safe to assume that there is a corresponding case.

There are two types of Accusative prepositions as follows:

▶ Those which only ask for Accusative case (we’ll learn them now)

▶ Two - way prepositions which change according to the context of speaking by switching from Accusative to dative (we’ll learn them later on).

Fortunately, only the masculine articles (der & ein) changes in the Acusative case (den & einen). The plural, feminine (die & eine) and neuter (das & ein) articles don't change in the accusative.

Mr. Puddle answers:

Have you noticed?!

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

Definite article

Der Mann

Die Frau

Das Kind

Nominative

Den Mann.

Die Frau

Das Kind

Accusative

Indefinite article

Ein Mann

Eine Frau

Das Kind

Nominative

Einen Mann

Eine Frau

Das Kind

Accusative

▶ In the previous lessons we learned the pronouns in the nominative case:

Ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr, sie, Sie

▶ When we use them in Nominative we know that the pronouns function as the subject of the sentence.

▶When the pronouns function as the object of the sentence ⮕ we use the Accusative form.

▶ In English we also have pronouns in the Accusative case as well as in German:

The articles and the nouns are like couples: they are always on the same boat (case).

▶ To understand Nominative and Accusative you need to know:

WHO (WER) is the subject = NOMINATIVE

WHAT (WAS) is the object = ACCUSATIVE.

Der Mann isst das Frühstück = The man eats the breakfast.

Wer isst das Frühstück? Der Mann. (Subject)

*Who is eating the breakfast?

We know: der Mann is in Nominative

Was isst der Mann? Das Frühstück (Object)

*What is the man eating?

We know: Das Frühstück is in Accusative

Note that the sole difference between Nominative and Accusative cases is the function of the words (nouns + articles, pronouns) which are either subjects or objects in a given sentence.

See the translation and complete the sentence in german accordingly

▶ See the translation of the text

I have a dog.
She loves him.
We drive through the city.
Do you have something against stomach aches?
She calls me.
I like her.
We go to the cinema without him.
Is it for me?

V. Let's practice! - Nominative and Accusative cases

Mr. Puddles: You should know some verbs by heart, such as sein, haben, werden, the modals: dürfen (allow), können (can), mögen (like) , wollen (want) , müssen (must), sollen (should), all different forms of irregular and of course, the endings.

Miss Purrplexed:: Woah. How could i remember all of these ?

Miss Purrplexed: Mr. Puddle! What’s the most important thing I should know about the present?