In the previous lesson you have learned what possessive adjectives are and how to use them in the nominative & accusative case.
Beispiller (examples)
Seng Schong si schéin. – His shoes are nice. (nominative)
Hues du deng Mamm gefrot. – Did you ask your mother? (accusative)
Remember that when you’re considering which possessive adjective to use and how to use it, there are some factors to bear in mind:
- Get the noun gender right
- Check your cases!
The sentence case – the dative case – is a factor that requires to change the ending of the possessive adjective.
Should you not be familiar with the dative case I would advise you to revise this lesson!
So, in this lesson you are going to learn the
Possessive Adjectives in the dative case
Thumb rule:
For the dative case of possessive pronouns we add the ending –em for masculine and neuter nouns. For female nouns we add –er and for plural nouns –en:
Masculine & Neuter nouns
ech – mengem my
du – dengem your
hien/hatt – Sengem his/her
si – Hirem (formal) her
mir – Eisem our
Dir/dir – Ärem/ärem your
si (pl) – hirem their
Feminine nouns
ech – Menger my
du – Denger your
hien/hatt – Senger his/her
si – Hirer her
mir – Eiser our
Dir/dir – Ärer / ärer your
si (pl) – Hirer their
Plural nouns
ech – Mengen my
du – Dengen your
hien/hatt – Sengen his / her
si – Hiren her
mir – Eisen our
Dir/dir – Ären/ären– your
si (pl) – Hiren their
As you can notice these possessive pronouns are very similar to the indefinite articles in the dative case (which you can learn in this lesson).
Let’s practice:
Masculine nouns
Ech sinn d’Marie. Dat ass mäi Mann (masc. noun) – I am Marie. This is my husband.
Ech gi mengem Mann e Kuss. – I give a kiss to my husband.
⇒ Ech is the nominative (the person acting)
⇒ e Kuss is the accusative (direct object)
⇒ mengem Mann is the dative (indirect object = the receiver of the direct object)
Neuter nouns
Dat ass mäi Kand (neuter noun). Ech gi mengem Kand e Kuss.
This is my child. I give a kiss to my child.
⇒ mengem Kand is the dative (indirect object = the receiver of the direct object)
Tip:
Learn the most commonly used verbs like ginn (to give) which always require the dative case.
Feminine nouns
Dat ass meng Duechter (fem). Ech gi menger Duechter e Kuss.
This is my daughter. I give a kiss to my daughter.
⇒ menger Duechter is the dative (indirect object)
Plural nouns
Dat si meng Elteren. Ech gi mengen Eltern e Kuss.
These are my parents. I give a kiss to my parents.
⇒ mengen Elteren (plural noun)
Übung (exercise)
Watch the video so to practice with many many examples – along with me!
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