Year 4A · Grade 6: The Five Case Jobs
Put the five case jobs together. Years 2 and 3 met some of them one at a time. A class starting here learns all five.
What to notice
- case system
- sentence jobs
- translation cues
Examples
- nominative — subject. The nominative is the case of the subject.
- genitive — possession. The genitive often means "of" and shows possession.
- dative — to or for. The dative expresses "to" or "for," especially with indirect objects.
- accusative — direct object. The accusative is the case of the direct object.
- ablative — by, with, from, in, or at. The ablative can express ideas translated by by, with, from, in, or at.