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ARTICLES 2 Declination / Deklination
There are 4 declinations in German:
2. AKUSATIV: (Direct Object). Answers questions such as: Whom? (Wen?) and What? (Was?)
Observation: a) these endings accomplish also other kind of pronouns like possessives, indefinites etc. b) the cases Akusativ, Dativ and Genitiv also depend on prepositions (not detailed here).
Examples:
Nominativ (Masculine):
WER ist das? (Who is this?) Das ist der/ein/kein/dieser Fußballspieler. (That is the/a/not a/this soccer player).
Nominativ (Neutral):
WAS ist das? (What is this?) Das ist das/ein/kein/dieses Buch. (That is the/a/not a/this book).
Akusativ (Masculine):
WEN siehst du? (Whom do you see?) Ich see den/einen/keinen/diesen Mann. (I see the/a/not a/that Mann).
Akusativ (Feminine):
WAS kauft Linda? (What does Linda buy?) Sie kauft die/eine/keine/diese Tasche. (She buys the/a/not a/these purse).
Dativ (Plural):
WEM gehört dieses Haus? (To whom belongs this house?) Das Haus gehört den/keinen/diesen Leuten. (This house belongs to the/these people).
Genetive (Neutral):
WESSEN Spielzeug ist das? (Whose toy is that?) Das ist das Spielzeug des/eines/keines/dieses Kindes. (It is the child’s toy)
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