Usages of der Dativ
Welcher Kasus passt hier? Die Dozentin erklärt, wann der Dativ und wann der Akkusativ benutzt wird.
Which case fits here? The lecturer explains when the dative and when the accusative is used.
Im Alltag verwechsle ich den Dativ noch manchmal mit dem Akkusativ, aber im Kurs passiert das seltener.
In everyday life I still sometimes mix up the dative with the accusative, but in class that happens less often.
Nach der Präposition wegen höre ich in diesem Satz den Genitiv, nicht den Dativ.
After the preposition wegen, I hear the genitive in this sentence, not the dative.
Ich übe noch einen Satz mit Dativ und einen mit Akkusativ, damit der Unterschied klar wird.
I am still practicing one sentence with the dative and one with the accusative so that the difference becomes clear.
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German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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