{"id":1346,"date":"2010-10-13T21:43:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T20:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2013-04-19T10:57:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T09:57:41","slug":"comparatives-in-german-and-the-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/1346\/comparatives-in-german-and-the-cases","title":{"rendered":"Comparatives in German and the Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Comparatives<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cases with Comparatives in German<\/h3>\n

In our last blog we discussed Comparatives in German<\/a>. We talked about the connection with the words \u201cals\u201d and \u201cwie\u201d when we compare two things with each other.<\/p>\n

In this blog we want to show you how to build the comparative in connection with the four cases without using \u201cals\u201d and \u201cwie\u201d. Yes, that is right, the cases are back!<\/p>\n

The ending of a comparative is the same as the ending of superlatives<\/a> (best, fastest etc.). That\u2019s good news because the rules for the endings are pretty straight forward and not too difficult to pick up \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here is a table with all the endings for every case when using comparatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nNominative<\/strong><\/td>\nAccusative<\/strong><\/td>\nDative<\/strong><\/td>\nGenetive<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
der<\/strong><\/td>\n-e<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die<\/strong><\/td>\n-e<\/td>\n-e<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
das<\/strong><\/td>\n-e<\/td>\n-e<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
plural (if used with the article)<\/strong><\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
plural (if used without the article)<\/strong><\/td>\n-e<\/td>\n-e<\/td>\n-en<\/td>\n-er<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Examples of comparatives in each of the cases<\/h3>\n

Nominative:<\/strong>
\nEr ist der \u00e4ltere<\/strong> Mann. \u2013 He’s the older man.
\nSie ist die \u00e4ltere<\/strong> Frau. \u2013 She’s the older woman.
\nDas ist das schnellere <\/strong>Auto. \u2013 This is the faster car.
\nSie sind die netteren<\/strong> Arbeitskollegen. \u2013 These are the nicer colleagues.
\nSie sind nettere <\/strong>Arbeitskollegen. – These are nicer colleagues. (Without using the article)<\/p>\n

Accusative: <\/strong>
\nIch esse den gr\u00fcneren<\/strong> Apfel. \u2013 I’m eating the greener Apple.
\nIch bevorzuge die gr\u00f6\u00dfere<\/strong> K\u00fcche. \u2013 I prefer the bigger kitchen.
\nIch habe das gr\u00f6\u00dfere<\/strong> Haus. \u2013 I have the bigger house.
\nIch habe die schnelleren<\/strong> Autos. \u2013 I have the faster cars.
\nIch habe schnellere<\/strong> Autos. – I have faster cars. (Without using the article)<\/p>\n

Dative:<\/strong>
\nIch gab dem \u00e4lteren<\/strong> Mann einen Apfel. \u2013 I gave the older man an apple.
\nIch gab der \u00e4lteren<\/strong> Frau einen Apfel. \u2013 I gave the older woman an apple.
\nIch gab dem j\u00fcngeren<\/strong> M\u00e4dchen einen Kuss. \u2013 I gave the younger girl a kiss.
\nIch gab den j\u00fcngeren<\/strong> Kindern einen Apfel. \u2013 I gave the younger kids an apple.
\nIch helfe j\u00fcngeren <\/strong>Kindern beim Klavier spielen. – I help younger kids playing piano. (Without using the article)<\/p>\n

Genitive:<\/strong>
\nDas Auto des j\u00fcngeren<\/strong> Lehrers ist schwarz. \u2013 The car of the younger teacher is black.
\nDas Auto der j\u00fcngeren <\/strong>Lehrerin ist rot. \u2013 The car of the younger teacher (female) is red.
\nDas Kleid des j\u00fcngeren<\/strong> M\u00e4dchens ist blau. \u2013 The dress of the younger girl is blue.
\nDie H\u00e4user der reicheren<\/strong> Leute sind im Westen. \u2013 The houses of the richer people are in the West.
\nDie H\u00e4user reicherer <\/strong>Leute sind im Westen. – The houses of richer people are in the West. (Without using the article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cases with Comparatives in German In our last blog we discussed Comparatives in German. We talked about the connection with the words \u201cals\u201d and \u201cwie\u201d when we compare two things with each other. In this blog we want to show you how to build the comparative in connection with the four cases without using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15056,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions\/15056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}