BY: RYAN BANTA AND MICHAEL MARTIN

ACCUSATIVE VS. DATIVE CASE AND VERBS

DATIVE CASE

• In English the dative case is known as the indirect object. Unlike the accusative, which only changes in the masculine gender, the dative changes in all genders and in the plural. The pronouns also change correspondingly.

INDIRECT OBJECTS

• The noun or pronoun used to indicate person (Less often, the thing) to or for whom an activity is done is called the indirect object. An indirect object is in the dative case; it normally requires an accusative object or subordinate clause to complete its meaning

• Ex: Manni gibt dem obdachenlosen seine Pistole• Manni gives the obdachenlosen his pistol

ACCUSATIVE

• In English the accusative case is known as the objective case (direct object). In German you can tell that a noun is in the accusative case by the masculine article, which changes from der/ein to den/einen.

ACCUSATIVE & DATIVE WORD ORDER

• In a sentence containing both and indirect object noun (dative) and a direct object noun (accusative), the indirect object noun precedes the direct object noun. • Ex: Er gibt dem Fluggast eine bordkarte.He gives the passenger a boarding pass.

CONTINUED

• When the indirect object or the direct object appears as a pronoun, the pronoun precedes the noun object.• Ex: Er gibt ihm eine Bordkarte• He gave him a boarding pass• Ex: Er gibt sie dem Fluggast • He gives the passenger

STILL CONTINUED

• If a sentence contains both an indirect object pronoun and a direct object pronoun, then the direct object pronoun precedes the indirect object pronoun• Ex: Er gibt sie ihm• He gives him

REVIEW GAMES

• Accusative Pronouns• http://www.quia.com/pop/15423.html• Dative Verbs • http://www.quia.com/pop/4723.html?

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WORKS CITED

• http://german.about.com/library/blcase_dat.htm • http://german.about.com/library/blcase_acc.htm • Deutsch Aktuell 2 Fifth Edition: Wolfgang S. Kraft