Basic German Grammar

Here is a short introduction to the structure of sentences. It will help you understand what is the difference between a subject, object, preposition, verb and articles

English	German	Description	Examples
Article	Artikel	Comes before a noun	Definite (Bestimmte) – The (Die Der Das) Indefinite (Unbestimmte) – a/an (Ein, Eine, Einen..)
Noun	Nomen	A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea	Car, house, girl Always capitalised in German Auto, Haus
Subject	Subjekt	Noun – The person or thing doing something
Object	Objekt	Noun – Having something done to it
		Direct (Akkusativ)	The direct object is the receiver of the action A direct object answers the question “what?” or “who?” In German Wen?
		Indirect (Dativ)	An indirect object answers the question “to whom?”, “for whom?” In German Wem?
Pronouns	Pronomen	A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.	I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who, whoever, whose, someone, everybody
Possessive Pronouns	Possessivpronomen	Words we use to show possession.	Mine, yours, his
Verb	Verb	Action	Eat, love, paint, write
Adjective	Adjektiv	Describes the Noun or Pronoun	Blue , big, clean, old. The young boy plays outside
Adverb	Adverb	An adverb describes a verb or anything apart from a noun and pronoun. How? When? How much? How often? E.g. how does the boy sing	The boy sings loudly
Prepositions	Präpositionen	A preposition is a word or set of words that indicates location	In, near, beside, on top of, behind. with

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