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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Nominative
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The nominative is the case that answers the question "who" (for a person) or "what" (for a thing).
A noun in the nominative case can have the following functions :
| subject | Examples |
| Der Student lernt intensiv für die Prüfung. | |
| Meine Tante hat im Lotto gewonnen. |
| predicative expression as a complement to the subject | Examples |
| Ihr Freund ist Fußballspieler. | |
| Onkel Klaus wird Bürgermeister von Husum. |
| form of address | Examples |
| Monika, komm sofort her! | |
| Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! |
| apposition | Examples |
| Herr Müller, der Chef, wird nächste Woche 70. | |
| Diese Videokamera, eine Canon, kostet viel. |
| absolute nominative | Examples |
| Stauwegen Baustelle. | |
| Zu verkaufen: neue Kamera. |
