Learn about German Nominative Case
German Nominative Case
In this lesson , you will study the German nominative case (Der Nominativ) . Cases describe what a noun or pronoun does in a sentence . When a noun or pronoun is the subject of a sentence , we consider them to be in the nominative case . For example , in the sentence “I ate an apple”, “I” is the subject and the “apple” is the direct object . You will learn more about cases as the course continues .
Sie is the formal (polite) version of (du) and (ihr) . In all conjugations , it acts exactly like sie (plural) .
Do you know how to ask a German man/woman about his/her name ?
- To ask about someone else’s name , ask “Wie heißt…”
- For more than one person , “Wie heißen…”
Note : There are possessive pronouns in German , they just don’t apply here .
The verb you have just learnt :
You have already learned one verb : ” heißen “ , which means : to be called .
Two more extremely common verbs are : the German translations for ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ : “sein” and “haben” . You conjugate them like this :
Do you know how to ask “How Are You” ( Wie geht’s? ) in German ?
