Andrew Whiteman studied German as a student at Royal Oak High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. Before enrolling at Oberlin College in Ohio, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in biology, Andrew Whiteman participated in a study abroad exchange through the German American Partnership Program.
2. Introduction
Andrew Whiteman studied German as
a student at Royal Oak High School in
Royal Oak, Michigan. Before enrolling
at Oberlin College in Ohio, where he
earned his bachelor’s degree in
biology, Andrew Whiteman
participated in a study abroad
exchange through the German
American Partnership Program.
3. About the German Language
German nouns, as well as the adjectives,
pronouns, and articles that modify them, are
declined into four cases. Speakers use the
nominative case to signal that the noun is the
subject of the sentence. By contrast, the
accusative case indicates that the noun is the
direct object of a sentence. In simple terms,
this means that the noun is a direct recipient
of the verb's action. For example, in the
sentence, “Hans threw the ball,” Hans would
be in the nominative case, while the ball
would be in the accusative case.
4. Conclusion
The dative case is used when a noun
is the indirect object of a verb, which
means that something is done to or for
someone. For example, if Hans threw
the ball to Gretl, “Gretl” would be in
dative case. The final case, genitive, is
used to indicate belonging. If Hans
threw his mother's ball, “his mother”
would take the genitive case.
