PA Dutch 101

Video 17: The Accusative Case.Accusativ.

The Accusative Case

• As we covered in Video 12, the Nominative Case identifies the Subject of a sentence.

• The Accusative Case is used to identify the Direct Object of a sentence.

• In English:• Alice buys the book.• Alice is the Subject, book is the Direct Object.• Die Alice kaaft es Buch.

The Definite Article (THE)

• In the Accusative Case, we use the following definite articles:

Masculine Feminine Neuter Pluralder die es die

The Indefinite Article (A/AN)

• The Indefinite Article does not specifically identify the noun that they are associated with.

• The book. vs. A book.

Masculine Feminine Neuter Pluralen en en

Accusative Personal Pronouns

• Just like the Nominative Case, the Accusative Case has its own Personal Pronouns:

Nom. Accusative Nom. Accusativeich mich mir unsdu dich dihr eicher en sie siesie siees es

Accusative Personal Pronouns

• Remember that Personal Pronouns replace nouns.

• Accusative PPs replace the Direct Object:• Ich kenn der Ralph.• Ich kenn en.

Accusative Prepositions

• Unlike the Nominative Case, the Accusative Case has a set of 7 Prepositions.

• The rule when using these prepositions is that the noun associated with the preposition always takes the Accusative Case!

Accusative Prepositions

• bis – until, till, by• darrich – through• fer – for• geeich – against• gege – against• um – around• unne – without

Accusative Prepositions

• Darrich der Daag duh ich viel.• Es Buch iss fer mich.• Der Hund laaft um der Gaarde.

Accusative Prepositions

• Some Accusative Prepositions and Articles are contracted as long as there is a special emphasis on the article:

• darrich + es = darrich’s• fer + es = fer’s• geeich + es = geeich’s• um + es = um’s

Iewing - Practice

• ___ (the) Daadi leest ___ (a) Zeiding (f).• Der Daadi leest en Zeiding.• ___ (the) Fraa kaaft ___ (a) Tomaet (n).• Die Fraa kaaft en Tomaet.• Ich kenn _____ (him).• Ich kenn en.• Iss es Gschenk fer ___ (me)?• Iss en Gschenk fer mich?

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