German 101

[bluesummer]

I figure Doppel and lovesjoy can help out on this one.

I studied German for four years and was quite fluent, and through lack of use I can now barely put a sentence together. My grammar is atrocious. I'd like to get some of it back, if possible.

First of all, please re-explain the differences between nominative, imperative, dative, and genetive. I've totally lost all concept.

You can try talking to me in German: I'll probably only understand about 50% of it, but what better way to get back into the swing of things, right.

[lovesjoyajm]

First of all, please re-explain the differences between nominative, imperative, dative, and genetive. I've totally lost all concept.

You can try talking to me in German: I'll probably only understand about 50% of it, but what better way to get back into the swing of things, right.

All right.

Erstmal: die "Faelle" heissen: Nominativ, Akkusativ, Dativ, und Genitiv.

Nominativ:
Der Hund frisst einen Kater. (Subjekt)
Ich mag Schokolade.


Akkusativ:
Der Hund frisst einen Kater. (akkusatives Objekt - direct object or object of some prepositions)
Ich liebe dich!



Dativ:
Ich esse Eis mit meinem Vater. (datives Objekt - usually object of a preposition or indirect object)
Gerald hat mir sein altes Mercedes gegeben. (indirektes Objekt)


Genitiv: (possessive)
Das Auto meines Vaters ist ein BMW.
(hier koennte man auch sagen:
Das Auto von meinem Vater ist ein BMW. Im Englischen ist das mit:
"My dad's car is a BMW/the car of my dad is a BMW" zu vergleichen.)

[bluesummer]

Oooohhhhh, okay. Yes, this is ringing a bell. Will help with the grammar a bit, too.

So, let's see if I remember:

Nominativ: der, die, das, die

Akkusativ: den, die, das, die

The other two?.........

[Pietomb]

dativ: dem der dem den
genitiv: des der des der

ich glaube das es ist richtig aber mein grammatik war immer schlecht.

[doppelgaenger]

edit: **** it. i ain't helpin nobody.

[Horizon]

Is it wrong to not like german for all this stuff, even if it's your native language?
I went to school for 13 years and never needed any of that knowledge in school OR RL. But it's still nice to see people who appreciate german, even if i don't

[Petit Papillon]

(Deutschland über alles )

Dieser scheiss ist seit mehr als paar Jahren verboten hehehe jetzt staat `Deutschland uber alles` gibt es `Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit`

[DoesntMatter]

Aus dem weg, schlampe

[Petit Papillon]

Aus dem weg, schlampe

Leck mich am Arsch du Arschgesicht

[DoesntMatter]