The 4 German Cases??

Question

Can anybody list and name the the 4 German cases and explain them???

Thanks !!

Answer 1

They are not only German cases
(if that is your question really)
but apply to many European languages:
It is: who (does it) ? Nominative: I do it
Whose (is it)? Genitive: it is his
Who/Whom (do you give it to)? Dative: I give it to him
Who (do you see)? Accusative: I see him

In the case of the personal pronoun that would be e.g.
Wer? ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr sie (I, you, he, she, it, us ..)
Wessen? mein, dein, sein, ihr, sein, unser, euer, ihr (my, your, his ..)
Wem? mir, dir, ihm, ihr, ihm, uns, euch, ihnen (to me, ...)
Wen? mich, dich, ihn, sie, es, uns, euch, sie (me, you, him, her ...)

In the case of nouns:
Wer? der Mann, die Frau, das Tier
Wessen? des Mannes, der Frau, des Tiers
Wem? dem Mann, der Frau, dem Tier
Wen? den Mann, die Frau, das Tier

pretty tricky, I’m afraid

Still, I hope it was clear enough, and
You are welcome

Answer 2

Try going to http://german.about.com/library/blcase_sum.htm It talks about all the cases. And since you can't really sum them up here unless you strip them down to the very very basics, it might be more helpful to look at something like this explaining them, then come back and ask specific questions on what you don't understand.

Answer 3

nominative : DAS HAUS ist rot
(question : Wer oder was?(who or what is red?))
genitive : Die Farbe DES HAUSES ist rot.
(question : Wessen?(Whose color is red?)
dative : Der Keller gehört zu DEM HAUS.
(question : Wem?)Whom does the cellar belong to?)
accusative : Herr Mueller kauft DAS HAUS.
(question : Wen oder was?who or what does Mr. Mueller buy?))

Answer 4

I don't know any German but I found this article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_grammar
it might help