GERM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nominative Case, Du Hast, Pronoun
28 Jul 2016
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Pronoun haben (to have) geben (to give) essen (to eat) ich du er/sie/es wie ihr sie (sie habe hast hat haben habt haben gebe gibst* gibt* geben gebt geben esse isst* isst* essen esst essen. The conjugated verb is always the second element in a statement, only the subject and object can switch places. However, the subject must precede or come immediately after the verb. There are four grammatical cases in german and the first one that needs to be learned is the nominative case. The nominative case is used for the subject of the sentence. In german the nominative is often referred to as the who-case (der werfall), because you can use the question words who or what to find out what the subject of the sentence is. The rule which is set out by the nominative case is: all nouns must have the corresponding definite article and the verb must agree with the noun.
