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Akkusative
“I have the option to face my accuser DIRECTLY”
--James T. Kirk
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Question to keep in mind…what or who is being verbed?
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All of the definite articles (THE) were hanging around one day…
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There was masculine ‘der’
der
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There was neutral ‘das’
der das
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And there was feminie ‘die’
der das
die
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There were all playing together……for a while
der das
die
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Until they got tired and grumpy and started accusing each other of stupid things…
der das
die
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Der directly accused die of being too excited and always screaming things like ‘EEEEE!’
der
das
dieAccuses
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Accuses
Der, who is subjecting die to this treatment, is the subject.
der
das
die
Der, who is naming ‘die’ annoying, is in the nominative case.
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Accuses
Die, who is being directly accused, is the direct object.
der
das
die
Die, who being directly accused, is in the accusative case.
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Accuses
Die then accusses das of being mean and hissing all the time with a loud ‘SSSSS’
der
das
die
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Accuses
Die , who is subjecting das to this treatment, is the subject.
derdasdie
Die, who is naming ‘das’ annoying, is in the nominative case.
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Accuses
Das, who is being directly accused, is the direct object.
derdasdie
Das, who being directly accused, is in the accusative case.
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Accuses
Das then accusses der of being violent and angry all the time with a growly ‘RRRRRR’
derdasdie
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Accuses
Das is correct though. Der is always screaming RRRRR. (but to cover it up while being accused, der bites his
tongue and his RRRR changes to an NNNN.
derdasdie
n
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Accuses
Das , who is subjecting den to this treatment, is the subject.
dendasdie
Das, who is naming den annoying, is in the nominative case.
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Accuses
Den, who is being directly accused, is the direct object.
dendasdie
Den, who being directly accused, is in the accusative case.
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From nomnative to accusative, only der changes…
Nomnative Akkusativ
der dendas dasdie diedie (pl) die (pl)
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being verbed?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being accused?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being seen?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being hit?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being smelled?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being fetched?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being played?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being bought?
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And you can substitue many verbs in for accused...
Who or what is being bought?
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One last time…
Who or what is being verbed?
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Who or what is being verbed?…and not every sentence has a direct object…
…and the verb to be ‘sein’ never has a direct object.
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DAS ENDE