Deutsch 3: Cases and Endings

True or False: In German, the message of a sentence is determined not necessary by the order of the words, but instead by a set of endings that gets applied to the nouns.

• Ja!

• Nein!

True or False: One reason why it is important to know the gender of a noun in German is so that you can apply the right 'case' endings as you write and speak.

• Ja! Das ist wahr!

• Nein, das ist nicht wahr!

"Nominative" is a fancy word for ....

• the subject of a sentence

• the direct object of a sentence

• the indirect object of a sentence

A "subject" is the person or thing in a sentence that ....

• receives the direct object

• is 'doing the verb'

• is being acted upon by the verb

"Accusative" is a fancy word for....

• the subject of a sentence

• the direct object of a sentence

• the indirect object of a sentence

A "direct object" is the noun in the sentence that _________________.

• is 'doing the verb'

• is being acted upon by the verb

• is receiving a noun as a present

"Dative" is a fancy word for....

• the subject of a sentence

• the direct object of a sentence

• the indirect object of a sentence

An 'indirect object" is the person in the sentence who ________________.

• is "doing the verb"

• is being acted upon by the verb

• is receiving the direct object

Ich gebe meiner Mutti die Blumen.

"die Blumen" is ___________.

• the subject

• the indirect object

• the direct object

Meine Mutti ist eine nette Frau.

"Meine Mutti" is ________.

• the subject of the sentence

• the direct object of the sentence

• the indirect object of the sentence