Accusative

Nominative and Accusative

In German, cases are used to show the function of nouns in the sentence

Subject

• What is the subject of a sentence?

  The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that is “doing” the verb. To find the subject, look for the verb and ask “Who or what is doing?”

• In German, subjects are in the nominative case.

Direct Object

• What is the direct object of a sentence?

  The direct object receives the action of the verb. To find the direct object, look for the verb and ask “Who or what is being verbed?”

• In German, direct objects are in the accusative case.

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of this sentence?

Mr. Rogers buys a car.

• Mr. Rogers

• buys

• a car

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of this sentence?

Tomorrow morning, I'll run to the store.

• Tomorrow morning

• I

• will run

• to the store

Multiple Choice

What's the direct object of this sentence?

The cat ate the bird.

• The cat

• ate

• the bird

Multiple Choice

What is the direct object of this sentence?

I called my mom on the phone last night.

• I

• called

• my mom

• on the phone

• last night

der, die, das

In English, "the", "a", and "an" stay the same, regardless of the noun's function.

In German, "der", "die", and "das", along with "ein" and "eine", change based on the noun's function.

Tips

• The expression Es gibt... is ALWAYS followed by the accusative.

• Es gibt einen Mann hier.

• The verb sein is NEVER followed by the accusative.

• Ich bin ein Mann.

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in this sentence?

Er hat ein Buch.

• Er

• hat

• ein Buch

Multiple Choice

What is the direct object in this sentence?

Ich trinke Kaffee.

• Ich

• trinke

• Kaffee

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of this sentence?

Martin und Georg kaufen viele CDs.

• Martin und Georg

• kaufen

• viele CDs

Multiple Choice

What is the direct object of this sentence?

Peter hat den Stift.

• Peter

• hat

• den Stift

Pause

Follow the directions on your notes.

(Circle subjects, underline direct objects)

red is circle, underline is underline

Ich kaufe diese Skier nicht.

 

Er hat keine Zeit für dich!

 

Isabella ist das neue Mädchen.

 

Wir haben den Tennisball in der Tasche.

 

Es gibt hier viele Kinder.  

Accusative and Nominative the

• As you saw in the notes above, der, die, and das change based on the noun's case. Let's practice using them. Remember that die and das do not change in the accusative, but der changes to den.

Multiple Choice

___ Vater findet den Computer nicht.

• der

• die

• das

• den

Multiple Choice

Hat der Bruder ___ Buch?

• der

• die

• das

• den

Multiple Choice

___ Frau kauft den Fernseher.

• der

• die

• das

• den

Multiple Choice

Ich sehe ___ Lehrer!

• der

• die

• das

• den

Multiple Choice

___ Mutter lernt Englisch.

• der

• die

• das

• den

Multiple Choice

Ich habe nicht ___ Hund.

• der

• die

• das

• den

Multiple Choice

Mein Vater hat ___ Katze.

• der

• die

• das

• den