the accusative case for direct object nouns / pronouns.the nominative case is for subject nouns / pronouns.The great news is that German uses nouns this same way! To whom is he giving the money? To the woman (indirect object). What is he giving? The money (direct object). Who is taking the action of giving ? The man (subject). Let’s look at this English example of nominative, accusative, and dative nouns all working together in the same sentence:
The first noun/pronoun in your sentence is the subject and fills up the nominative ‘slot’.Īs you learned in the graphic above, dative pronouns replace the indirect object in a sentence. If we make this into a short & sweet Pronoun Principle, I’d say this: Whatever noun (or pronoun) is the subject of your sentence goes into that slot (usually the very first word in the sentence!), for example:Īll of the bolded pronouns in the examples above are nominative pronouns that would go into the nominative ‘slot’ just like our driver, Frank. The most important slot - that gets filled up first - is the nominative. Think of each of these sentences ^^ as having ‘slots’ that get filled up with nouns. They eat scrambled eggs every morning - Sie essen jeden morgen Rühreier. You (all) look exhausted - Ihr seht erschöpft aus. We go on vacation next week - Wir gehen nächste Woche in den Urlaub. It is really hot outside - Es ist draußen sehr heiß. These are the pronouns that are used to talk about the subject of the sentence, e.g. Nominative pronouns, or ‘subject pronouns’, have a direct 1-to-1 German-English relationship:
German Dative Pronouns: Your Essential Guideĭrumroll, please! Learning dative pronouns is an exciting event, like a graduation in your German-learning journey!
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