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Vokabeln 4-2
die Brünette
brunette
die Haare
hair(s)
das Mädchen
girl
das Ferkel
piglet 
ge
fall
en appeal to
glauben believe
heißen name, call
mag like, desire, wish
dort there
(dort) drüben over there
dunkel dark
ihr her
hübsch cute
klein short
lang long
neue new
wenn if
wer? who?
Pronunciation Guide
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Grammatik 4-2 ~ Nouns and pronouns in the accusative and 
dative
As was noted previously when the concept of 
case
was introduced for pronouns (
Grammatik 2-2
), there 
are four cases used in German. Recall that the 
nominative
case in German corresponds to the 
subjective case
in English and applies to nouns and pronouns used in a sentence as the subject of a 
verb. Nouns (and pronouns) that are used as objects of transitive (action) verbs are in the English 
objective case. If these are 
direct objects
(recipients of the action of a verb), then these nouns are in 

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the 
accusative case
in German. If 
indirect objects
, then these nouns are in the 
dative case
in German. 
Essentially, the English 
objective case
is divided, in German, into an accusative case used for direct 
objects and a dative case used for indirect objects.
Pronouns
For comparison with English, recall that the singular personal pronouns (
nominative case
) are "I", 
"you", and "he/she/it" (1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons). The 
objective case
, personal pronouns in English are 
"me", "you", and "him/her/it"—and are used for both direct and indirect objects of verbs. For example:
He gives 
it
[the Direct Object]
to 
me
[the Indirect Object]
. 
The German