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There are four cases in the German language: nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. There are different rules on when to use each specific case.Nominative: The nominative case is used for the subject ...

In normal substantive clauses the verb is placed in the second position right after the noun. For example, 'Ich mache Sport'. In subordinate clauses, however, the verb is placed in the last position in the c...

The nominative case is used for the subject of the verb, i.e. the noun doing the action. Consider this example: my brother has a dog. In this simple sentence, my brother is the subject of the verb as he owns...

In German there are three main cases - subject, object and dative. The subject is the thing which is doing something, for example in 'the girl throws the ball', the girl is the subject, because she is doing ...

When using articles in German one has to think about whether the sentence needs to be accusative or dative. In the example above the first version is in the accusative and the second is in the dative. It is ...