KLB: Lesson - Adjective Examples and Practice Activities
Examples and Practice Activities
Let's apply what we've learned so far.
Examples
Example Set 1 - Noun Identification: Beispiele Sätze. Können Sie die Fälle erkennen?
- Ich liebe mein neues Auto.
- Accusative: Auto is the direct object.
- Das grosse Auto ist sehr schnell.
- Nominative: Auto is the subject.
- Wo ist mein blaues Auto?
- Nominative: Auto follows ist, making it the predicate nominative.
- Ich kaufe es für mein Auto.
- Accusative: Auto follows the preposition für, which takes the accusative.
- Ich werde meiner Frau ein Auto kaufen.
- Dative: Frau is the indirect object.
- Was machst du mit dem Auto?
- Dative: Auto follows the prepositions mit, which takes the dative.
Example 2 - the three steps
Look at this sentence:
- Ich sehe das gross_____ Auto.
- Meaning: I see the big car.
Remember the Steps:
- Step 1: Is Auto Nominative, Accusative or Dative?
- Accusative: Auto is the direct object of sehe.
- Step 2: Is Auto definite or indefinite?
- Definite: a definite article is used with this noun (das...Auto)
- Step 3: Is Auto masculine, feminine or neuter?
- Neuter: the noun uses the definite article das
Recall the chart connecting articles to adjective endings.
- Look in the accusative column, in the definite article section. For a das word the ending is: -e.
Thus the answer is: Ich sehe das grosse Auto.
Practice Activities
Activity 1: Jetzt versuchen Sie es! Sagen Sie, ob das Adjektiv im Nominativ, Akkusativ oder Dativ ist.
Activity 2
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