tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post3034732776827942506..comments2023-07-24T03:55:02.978-07:00Comments on Greg's Reflections: How to Memorize German CasesGreg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-87303438785947007482017-07-06T10:40:08.504-07:002017-07-06T10:40:08.504-07:00I appreciate the vote of confidence. :-)I appreciate the vote of confidence. :-)Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-31977415178935130322017-07-06T08:22:56.640-07:002017-07-06T08:22:56.640-07:00I think your approach is fully justifiable and rea...I think your approach is fully justifiable and reasonable, and, besides, the genitive case in modern German is actually more a possessive case; very few verbs use genitive arguments.<br />Daniel N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14585410511935134909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-40505588979651446332016-11-04T09:21:21.465-07:002016-11-04T09:21:21.465-07:00English has residual dative and genitive for prono...English has residual dative and genitive for pronouns of place: here / hither / hence; where / whither / whence; there / thither / thence. Of course, those forms are old-fashioned and falling out of use.Tres Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897198137800537660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-80467909049134442522016-06-04T09:57:19.438-07:002016-06-04T09:57:19.438-07:00It's correct. Look at the endings for the &quo...It's correct. Look at the endings for the "der" words. If you apply them to a word like "dieser," they work perfectly. For the first three, you get dieser, dieses, diese, which are all correct. Ironically, the table doesn't actually work for "der" itself, where the first three are der, das, die--not der, des de.<br /><br />Hope that helps.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-11702463645114157832016-06-04T05:17:46.763-07:002016-06-04T05:17:46.763-07:00This "de" looks like an error, is a lett...This "de" looks like an error, is a letter missing?<br /><br />> Neuter Nominative/Accusative is das not des, and Feminine/Plural is die not de.<br /><br />Or maybe I am misunderstanding the logic?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647059734528048088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-19235714146799750992016-06-04T05:16:46.184-07:002016-06-04T05:16:46.184-07:00This "de" looks like an error, is a lett...This "de" looks like an error, is a letter missing?<br /><br />> Neuter Nominative/Accusative is das not des, and Feminine/Plural is die not de.<br /><br />Or maybe I am misunderstanding the logic?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647059734528048088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-82851818048702014322016-05-28T10:44:57.157-07:002016-05-28T10:44:57.157-07:00Thank you so much!
Your tables are really helpful...Thank you so much! <br />Your tables are really helpful. They saved me a lot of effort and time. <br /><br />Thank you again!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09167325345497703977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-76227592423073917792016-03-13T21:59:38.435-07:002016-03-13T21:59:38.435-07:00I have only skimmed your blog - so I can't tel...I have only skimmed your blog - so I can't tell you I understand what you are saying yet but I do have a strange feeling of hope! I say strange because not having a full understanding of English grammar, tackling German grammar seemed impossible. I had almost given up when someone directed me here. Looking forward..tammymolfinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12451122995051929436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-71638705193035196672016-02-07T18:52:16.565-08:002016-02-07T18:52:16.565-08:00I wish I was a native speaker so I wouldn't ha...I wish I was a native speaker so I wouldn't have to worry about memorizing all of this, but your tables simplifies things quite a bit. So thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05179347684739488216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-69273888388418556412015-08-27T10:11:04.676-07:002015-08-27T10:11:04.676-07:00Now I just need to come up with something to make ...Now I just need to come up with something to make it easy to remember how to use the German prepositions . . .Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-33101203956336002232015-08-27T06:32:08.319-07:002015-08-27T06:32:08.319-07:00As many others here, I wanted to say that this has...As many others here, I wanted to say that this has been extremely helpful to finally understand and remember the German cases.<br />Thanks a lot!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371776002165419243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-54784576494351394672015-08-11T02:40:21.079-07:002015-08-11T02:40:21.079-07:00This is simply fantastic. You just completely unlo...This is simply fantastic. You just completely unlocked German for me.<br /><br />The internet is a wondrous thing indeed.surajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01509550752265464239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-30807408434986388772015-07-15T05:03:05.053-07:002015-07-15T05:03:05.053-07:00Thanks for this post. Your explanations on strong ...Thanks for this post. Your explanations on strong vs weak adjective forms were great and made sense (the different inflections were confusing me before).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772691000094526861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-58678212798389330482015-07-12T01:38:41.705-07:002015-07-12T01:38:41.705-07:00Thank you for this. I began learning German a cou...Thank you for this. I began learning German a couple of years ago, and still struggle with cases, so it's time to knuckle down. <br />I noticed that you are retired now, do you have University of the Third Age where you live? This has been amazing for my languages. I also read on the Kindle, the now defunct Keyboard 3G model, and the dictionaries are fine, and sort themselves out according to the language I'm reading.<br /><br />Good luck, MalMalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03874708539746570017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-17491602967501954162015-04-07T06:00:27.682-07:002015-04-07T06:00:27.682-07:00I'm currently learning German (I live and work...I'm currently learning German (I live and work in Germany), and this is really helpful. The only thing that would make it better are some more example sentences in German. Thanks for the tables :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312265416169452291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-48642258264652485642015-03-11T05:12:52.223-07:002015-03-11T05:12:52.223-07:00Thanks!
The genitive pronouns are almost obsolete...Thanks!<br /><br />The genitive pronouns are almost obsolete in modern German, and I noticed that the possessive pronouns (which you really do need to learn) fit the der-word pattern beautifully. As a linguist, I know it's wrong, but I think it works great as a memory device.<br /><br />English doesn't have a dative case. It only has nominative and accusative.<br />Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116153.post-11290971825267509422015-03-10T21:58:39.105-07:002015-03-10T21:58:39.105-07:00I prefer your tables to the about.com ones.
Is th...I prefer your tables to the about.com ones.<br /><br />Is there a reason you sometimes use possessive and sometimes genitive?<br /><br />Another way to use indirect object: "I gave the letter to him." I thought "to him" indicated dative. Also with "to whom did you give the letter?". Does not "to whom" indicate dative?Beast Of Bodminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236600280931690026noreply@blogger.com