What is the accusative plural case of the Ukrainian word for duck?
Q. I"m studying ukrainian and I'm trying to get the cases straight. I am trying to figure out what is the accusative plural case for the word duck(The reason why I'm choosing this word is because it is a feminine animate noun and I'm trying to figure out how this case works). Also I guess the same would go for the Ukrainian word for dog.
Asked by yahoosucksbigtime - Tue Aug 18 16:03:20 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The accusative plural for ducks is , and for dogs is . The accusative plural for nouns is the same as the genitive.
Answered by Randem - Tue Aug 18 16:25:29 2009

In German, can a sentence have a dative case with an accusative case? What are some ways to determine the case?
Q. I just need to know if a sentence in German can have a indirect object without a direct one, and I need an improvement in my understanding of determining these cases.
Asked by Will - Thu Nov 19 22:48:04 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It is not always easy, because usage is different. But generally verbs like "geben, nehmen, kaufen, leihen, glauben, wuenschen" (you can find a list here: take 2 objects. Many of them are just the same in English: e.g."I give the child the ball. I lend him my book." In that case the one that takes "to" in English when you turn them around "I give the ball to the child. I lend my book to him" is the dative or indirect object. Often the common heritage of German and English still shows, and "to"+ noun/pronoun often corresponds to a dative case in German. "I listen to him. - Ich hoere ihM zu." (But "Ich hoere auf ihN" to express that you follow his opinion) There are verbs in German that take the dative case where you would expect a… [cont.]
Answered by haggesitze - Fri Nov 20 15:38:01 2009

What's the difference between the active v. passive voice, and the nominative and accusative case?
Q. I'm learning Latin and am trying to figure out the difference between the two.
Asked by Leo - Tue Jul 13 08:10:02 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. -ENGLISH Active: I love you Passive: I am loved by you -LATIN Active: Te amo ("te" is in accusative) Passive: A te amor ("te" is in ablative) nominative: is nominative someone/thing that do the action (in active form) is nominative someone/thing that "suffer" the action (in passive form) (and other things that you're going to study in a few weeks) accusative: the object, that is someone/thing which the action is referred to ... just ask yourself "WHO/WHAT": I love [WHO?] you(=acc.). I do [WHAT?] that(=acc.) thing(=acc). (also in this case there are particular things that you're going to study) Mark takes the rose--->Marcus rosam capit Marcus is in nominative because is the one who do the action (the action of taking the rose).… [cont.]
Answered by jorehir - Tue Jul 13 11:45:24 2010

Will anyone tell me everything I need to know about the accusative case in German?
Q. No links to other sites if possible, please. Thank you :)
Asked by Leah S - Wed Mar 25 00:05:32 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The accusative case is used for the direct object in a sentence. The masculine forms for German articles, e.g. 'the', 'a/an', 'my', etc. change in the accusative case: they always end in -en. The feminine, neuter and plural forms do not change. Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural Definite article (the) den die das die Indefinite article (a/an) einen eine ein keine For example, "Hund" (dog) is a masculine (der) word, so the article changes when used in the accusative case: * Ich habe einen Hund. (lit.: I have a dog.) In the sentence "a dog" is in the accusative case as it is the second idea of the sentence. Some German pronouns also change in the accusative case. The accusative case is also used after particular German prepositions.… [cont.]
Answered by Rain - Wed Mar 25 07:16:10 2009

What is this difference in accusative and nominative case in the Greek language?
Q. Im having difficulty understanding the difference, and recognizing what part of a sentence makes it Accusitive. :(
Asked by Kristy - Wed Oct 15 15:22:34 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hello, I hope i'm not going to say something stupid but if it is like in latin, it will be : accusative : direct object's complement of the verb nominative : subject of the verb.
Answered by Fabienne - Wed Oct 15 15:30:41 2008

Question about the Accusative Case?
Q. In the Lord's Prayer in Latin or Esperanto etc. Why is the word for temptation in the accusative case? It says: Latin "Et ne nos inducas in tentationem,..." Esperanto "Kaj ne konduku nin en tenton,..." It says "do not lead me into temptation,..." why is it in the accusative if the action or lack of action is being applied on us not temptation. or is it? I'm just very confused.
Asked by Jeremy - Fri Apr 2 01:43:52 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Not every language is an exact mirror of English. In Latin, the accusative case expresses the direct object of a verb OR direction or extent of motion, and may be the object of a preposition ('in').
Answered by RE - Fri Apr 2 02:04:44 2010

The accusative & nominative case in German...?
Q. Can somebody explain to me the difference between the nominative case and the accusative case in German?
Asked by Ash - Sun Oct 19 19:50:29 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I don't speak German, but here are two really good articles about them:
Answered by Kelly - Sun Oct 19 20:14:54 2008

Nominative case vs. Accusative Case. Quick question?
Q. I know one is when the noun is the direct object of the sentence and one is when the noun is the subject of the sentence, but I forgot which is which. Is nominitive when the noun is the subject of the sentence, and accusative is when the noun is the direct object of the sentence? Thanks. :]
Asked by Horsebackrider94 - Fri Feb 13 20:37:40 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hello! I've been doing latin for about three years now and yes, nominative is the suject of a sentence and accusitive in the direct object. Here's what all of the cases are for: Nominative: subject Genitive: possession, its main preposition is "of" Dative: Indirect Object Accusitive: Direct Object Ablative: modfying, its main prepositions are "by, with, and from" Vocative: This case is used when speaking to a person directly and is rarely used.
Answered by happycolors - Fri Feb 13 20:44:04 2009

Could any RUSSIAN speaker help me with the accusative case and give me examples?
Q. spacibo -thank you
Asked by syl - Tue Feb 19 11:18:47 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The accusative case is used in conjunction with transitive verbs to indicate the object to which the action is transferred. It answers the questions "whom?" and "what?" used for animate and inaminate objects respectively. The word-aid you can use to determine how something sounds in acc.case is "I see": ? - ? - _ The inanimate form often matches the nominative case. ? - , , . ( is in the acc.case, but since it's inanimate, it matches the nominative form). . ( ? - ). The acc.case is used with the prepositions: , , , , ,
Answered by springiesnape - Tue Feb 19 12:20:34 2008

in latin, when the preposition "in" is followed by the accusative case it indicates what?
Q. also can you translate these sentences to latin please! Thank you for your help! = ) You (sing.) do work The teacher was waiting for the students
Asked by J..J.. - Mon Feb 4 12:23:47 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Basically it means "into", or "in" with a sense of moving in. If you use the ablative, it implies being stationary, more like "inside."
Answered by lastuntakenscreenname - Mon Feb 4 12:52:37 2008

Does es gab take accusative case?
Q. Like es gibt :)
Asked by Kloe :) - Sun Nov 2 07:08:13 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes it does! Whenever a verb or preposition is tied to a specific case, it will always be that way, no matter what tense. (Obvious exceptions being those that change with motion, etc.) Looks like you should trust your instincts! :) Alles Gute
Answered by zookeeperang - Sun Nov 2 08:10:52 2008

What are the differences between the Modal, Accusative, and Dative cases in German?
Q. I am currently in German III, taking German IV next year, and I keep forgetting what the differences are between these cases. Thank You.
Asked by Jake - Sun Mar 1 15:49:00 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The accusative case is used for the object of a sentence. "The cat wears a hat" (a hat would be in the accusative because the hat is being worn.) The dative is used for the indirect object. "He gave her a present" "her" would be in the dative because he gave the present to her. I don't think modal is a case. Modal verbs are words like: want to (wollen) should (sollen) etc
Answered by becc - Sun Mar 1 16:20:52 2009

How many cases (nominative, accusative, etc.) are there in Danish?
Q. I am attempting to learn Danish on my own, but the books I have read so far do not actually tell me so much about the cases and how they work in the Danish language. If it's not too much trouble, could you also please list and explain how the cases work? Examples too perhaps? If you like or need to, you could refer to German cases to aid in the examples as I know German already because I have noticed the similarities between German and Danish already. Any other information would also be helpful as I only have learned the very basics of Danish so far... Thank you!
Asked by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai - Thu Jul 26 22:00:17 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Nominative, accusative, and dative cases all become one in Danish. You don't distinguish between them as you do in German which is pretty sweet because you don't have to worry about if you're saying "the" or "a" the right way. There is only a genitive ending in Danish, and basically you just add an 's' onto the end of the word, but sometimes if there is already an 'e' on the end of a noun, you have to add 'rs' to the word. I think that Icelandic and Faroese are the only Scandinavian languages that have the same four cases as German, and once you get better at Danish, you can speak Bokmal too, but I think that the accent is just a little different than the Danish accent. You will also be able to understand Nynorsk and Swedish supposedly, [cont.]
Answered by zwijn - Mon Jul 30 13:11:48 2007

the case in Latin used for indirect objects is nominative, accusative or dative?
Q. the case in Latin used for indirect objects is nominative, accusative or dative?
Asked by hinallc - Tue Jul 22 18:26:42 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Dative
Answered by Isabel - Tue Jul 22 19:19:52 2008

Russian: In the phrase " ", what case is ?
Q. The phrase " " means "I congratulate all of you on the coming New Year". I understand is in the plural animate accusative case. But is also in the accusative? I am thinking that , in this instance, might be in the genitive case because the English translation is "of you", which is usually genitive. = all of you Thanks again for your help guys!
Asked by toshannery - Sun Apr 27 11:31:07 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You are correct. It is the plural form of the word "you." Russian (like most Indo-European languages though UNLIKE English) differentiates between "plural you" (in English: "You all" or "Y'all" or "You Guys" or "You People") and the "singular you." This is the accusative/plural form of the word " ." The speaker could just have easily left out the " " but probably stated it to further underscore that his message was intended for multiple persons. PS Feel free to email anytime with Russian questions. It's one of my favorite subjects to discuss.
Answered by Monterey Dreaming - Sun Apr 27 11:52:10 2008

Do the German still use the Accusative Dative and Genitive cases?
Q. I'm trying to learn German and I can't seem to find anything about those three cases that explain them properly so I began to wonder if they still existed. For example most Spanish-speaking countries don't use vosotros anymore.
Asked by elpruprulesnoone - Sat Nov 8 14:47:37 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I'm going to try and explain it as well as I can: Every complete sentence has to have at least 2 parts, a noun which is the creature or thing that performs the action (nominative) and a conjugated verb that describes the action. "A bird sings" - "Ein Vogel singt" Now sometimes the sentence would be incomplete like in "The man gives" *Der Mann gibt." Immediately you ask yourself: What does he give? (Wen oder was gibt er?= accusative or direct object) To whom does he give it? (Wem gibt er es? = dative or indirect object) You need objects of the action described by the verb, and that's where the other cases come in. It becomes clearer if you substitute the nouns by their pronouns. "Er gibt den Hund dem Maedchen" He gives the dog to the… [cont.]
Answered by haggesitze - Mon Nov 10 20:03:57 2008

What case would a noun in a prepositional phrase be?
Q. Does anybody know what grammatical case a noun with in an adpositional (prepositional) phrase would have? As in: "I found the books under the bed" What noun case would "bed" be? English seems to treat it as accusative (direct object) as evidenced by "The boxes had objects in them" "them" (the boxes) is treated objectively. But I'm not sure. Can anyone help?
Asked by A Person - Thu Apr 1 22:05:22 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The noun in a prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition. We don't call it a direct object. There is not much call anymore for nouns to be classified for "case." The function of the noun is what we identify these days.
Answered by Gretchen S - Fri Apr 2 01:40:49 2010

What exactly are the Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive cases in german?
Q. Can someone explain i have looked a bit but i just dont understand im probably being really thick though
Asked by Dan M - Fri Oct 17 16:44:01 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It's got nothing to do with being thick, only with having a language without many of the features of German. Every complete sentence has to have at least 2 parts, a noun which is the creature or thing that performs the action (nominative) and a conjugated verb that describes the action. "A bird sings" - "Ein Vogel singt" Now sometimes the sentence would be incomplete like in "The man gives" *Der Mann gibt." Immediately you ask yourself: What does he give? (Wen oder was gibt er?= accusative or direct object) To whom does he give it? (Wem gibt er es? = dative or indirect object) You need objects of the action described by the verb, and that's where the other cases come in. It becomes clearer if you substitute the nouns by their pronouns. " [cont.]
Answered by haggesitze - Sun Oct 19 07:56:22 2008

How does a grammatical case system work in more complex sentences?
Q. I understand the basic nominative = subject, accusative = direct object, dative = indirect object, and genitive = possessive. That much is simple enough to understand. But I can't figure out the cases for the following scenario: (e.g.) "Washington, D.C., located on the Potomac River, is the capital of the United States." I know Washington D.C. would be nominative, capital would be accusative, United States would be genitive, but what would Potomac River be? Any clarification and/or explanation (that I can understand) would be welcome! It doesn't matter to me if you are using examples from a constructed language or a natural language, or even just using the words nominative/accusative, etc., like I did above. Is there a specific reason… [cont.]
Asked by jeffrbenn - Tue May 1 23:19:23 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. i always try to avoid the complex sentences english grammer
Answered by Sanjoy - Tue May 1 23:28:15 2007

Russian: Anyone know what case should follow the past tense of the verb ?
Q. This is reposted from the Languages section, because Im not getting any clear answers over there --- I thought the instrumental case followed the past tense of the verb . But it seems it's not always so. I wanted to say: "That was your last chance" And I wrote: ( agrees with = masculine) But my native Russian friend said, Nyet Nyet Nyet, This not correct! Instead she told me I should write: 1. or 2. Apparently both these latter two sentences are correct, and my friend couldn't explain any difference in meaning. So, Why should the nominative case follow in sentence 1? Why does become in sentence 2? I can't find any answers in my textbooks and my Russian friend isn't a language teacher..she only knows… [cont.]
Asked by toshannery - Wed Sep 17 08:09:35 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Your sentences are of the type "X was Y". Since X and Y are logically equivalent, you can choose either of the following sentence structure. 1. X is a subject, Y is an object. In this case: " " conjugates with X, Y is in instrumental case. 2. X is an object, Y is a subject. Now Y is in nominative case, and " " conjugates with Y. In both cases, the verb " " will get the ending, depending on the gender of the subject.
Answered by MaxVO2 - Wed Sep 17 09:10:08 2008