I like to know why einen is used in the sentence
Ich nehme einen Kaffee
instead of »ein«. Kaffee is masculine. I cannot reason why the word is accusative not nominative.
Can anyone here explain me? Thanks in advance.
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What is your native language? What languages other than that do you have solid knowledge of? – Christian Geiselmann Mar 04 '18 at 17:22
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My native language is Tamil but I have a solid knowledge of English. – forethought Mar 04 '18 at 18:43
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"einen Kaffee" is the accusative case object (ich nehme wen oder was?). The subject in nominative case is "Ich".
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What is accusative case object? How can I identify accusative object in a sentence? – forethought Mar 04 '18 at 09:17
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German has different object cases in contrast to English. Which one you use in a specific case depends on the verb. Nominative case is for the subject. – Zac67 Mar 04 '18 at 09:42
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Ein (Nominativ) Eines (Genitiv) Einem (Dativ) Einen (Akkusativ)
Kaffee here is an object therefore Akkusativ applies.
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