Posted on 03/25/2018 6:02:01 AM PDT by SandRat
No, objective case is used for objects of a preposition, direct objects, and receivers of action. It is the difference between “I” and “me.” Or “who” and “whom.”
“until I was caught talking to a pretty German wife at a party when her husband came up and heard us”
I worked for Siemens for nearly 20 years and spend 2 of those years in Germany, so I know how this works. When he heard you taking to his wife, the first thing to cross his mind was what he might have said that he thought you would not understand. :-)
Ah yes, the Polish language, where you get two verbs for the price of one.
I know Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
Learn THE “FATHERS PRAYER” IN GERMAN.
LOL.
And I believe German is the most common ethnic heritage in America. ..................... I would be Danish, if the Germans left occupied Denmark.(The land of the black and white cows)
Our national language almost became German 250+yrs or so, ago. I seem to recall that even Hitler had to admit that the best Germans went to America. LOL, our German Generals didn’t do so bad, and there were quite a few. Not counting that Swiss fellow Ike. If FDR had locked up all the Germans, he would not have had enough of an Army to do anything.
You are, in essence, saying that it is your word for the Accusative Case.
Regards,
Schweizerdeutsch ist wie ein halskrank.
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