GRMN 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dependent Clause, Dative Case, Vater Percussion
11 Nov 2016
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As you have learned, the preposition von followed by the dative case is commonly used in spoken. In writing and sometimes in speech, this relationship between two non-phrases may also be expressed with the genitive case. The genitive case in german is equivalent to both the of-phrases and the possessive with s in english. I don"t like the colour of the coat. The genitive is also required by certain prepositions. English tends to use the possessive s with nouns denoting people (for example, the girl"s mother). German, -s (without the apostrophe) is added only to proper names of people and places. Feminine nouns and plural nouns do not add any endings in the genitive case. In the singular genitive, masculine and neuter nouns of more than one syllable add -s and those of one syllable add -es: die farbe des vogels, die grobe des hauses. Der eltern: articles and article-like words in the genitive.
