1.) Verb with the accusative:
Almost all verbs take an object in the accusative (e.g. ‘fragen’, ‘rufen’, ‘essen’, ‘lernen’, ‘lesen’, ‘lieben’, etc…):
Accusative question: Wen/Was?
Wer/Was? Wen/Was?
Ich liebe dich.
Nominative verb + accusative
(Subject) (object)
Wer/Was? Wen/Was?
Hannes liest eine Zeitung.
Nominative verb + accusative
(Subject) (object)
Wer/Was? Wen/Was?
Wir essen eine Pizza.
Nominative verb + accusative
(Subject) (object)
Wer/Was? Wen/Was?
Die Lehrerin grüßt Tom, den neuen Schüler.
Nominative verb + accusative
(Subject) (object)
(‘Den neuen Schüler’ is an ‘apposition’. This apposition refers to ‘Tom’ and is in the same case.)
2.) Preposition with the accusative:
There are some prepositions with the accusative:
bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um, entlang
Example ‘für’:
Wer/Was? für wen/was?
Das Geschenk ist für den Jungen.
Nominative verb + accusative
(Subject) (object)
Nine prepositions (‘alternating prepositions’) take the dative OR accusative:
in, an, auf, vor, hinter, über, unter, zwischen, neben
The alternating prepositions take the accusative after action verbs: gehen, laufen, fahren, stellen, legen, setzen, fallen etc…
Alternating prepositions with the accusative:
Accusative question Wohin?
Example ‘in’:
Wer/Was? Wohin?
Ich gehe ins Kino.
Nominative action verb + accusative
(Subject) (object)
Free grammar exercises:
|
|
|
|
|
