![]() (which you can find here: German Cases Explained – part 1 ) we wasted some time with an introduction, and then we talked about the cases nobody really cares about. The actual title of the mini series is of course German cases aren’t really fun, but they’re not THAT much not fun. So from our research, we can say that ausrichten is not a dative verb.And welcome to the second part of our Mini Series on German cases, fitting called So this object should be in the accusative: Ich richte eine Veranstaltung aus. Is there a direct object? Yes - the event. For example, if the sentence is "I am organizing an event," then is there motion towards? No. Ausrichten has a variety of different meanings, but you can also apply the two questions to whatever sentence you're using it in to double check as well. If we check Leo, we can see that there are a number of situations where ausrichten will be followed by the accusative - and some where it will often have an object in the dative too (). Is there a direct object when a person or object stays somewhere? No - so, again, it should be dative.įor ausrichten, it doesn't come up on dative verb lists. It also gets concrete results in the two question tests: If you or something is staying somewhere, is there motion towards? No - so it should be dative. If we look for dative verb lists, bleiben comes up on some (). How about bleiben "to stay" and ausrichten "to position / to aim"? Thanks to the strategies above, we can conclude that ausgehen does indeed normally take a dative object - if it needs to take any object at all. So the things should be in the nominative and the people should be in the dative: Uns geht das Papier aus "We are running out of paper." So, we ask ourselves: Is there a direct object in our sentence? There isn't in the German version: things run out for people in German. If "no," then you should use the dative.įor example, if we use ausgehen to talk about running out of things, such as paper, then this isn't a very literal sentence like our previous example was. In these situations, we'll have to get more grammatical - you can try asking yourself: Is there a direct object here? If "yes," then you should use the accusative. ![]() In less literal sentences, the motion towards question often isn't any help. So it will be dative: Ich gehe aus dem Haus. Ausgegangen is actually the past participle of ausgehen "to go out." Is there motion towards with "to go out" in the sentence you're using? If your sentence is something like "I am going out of the house," there isn't any towards anything in that sentence. This isn't a 100%, always-right kind of rule (every language has exceptions), but it can often help you out with more literal sentences. If your answer is "no," then you probably need to use the dative case. ![]() A good question to ask yourself is this: Is there motion towards (something)? If your answer is "yes," then you probably need to use the accusative case. Telling whether a verb takes the dative or the accusative can be tricky. If neither of these avenues help, though, you can try asking yourself these questions: If you're trying to figure out whether a verb exclusively takes the dative (or another case), then the best strategies are to either a) check lists of dative verbs, or b) look in a dictionary like Leo () - for many verbs, Leo includes the case that the verb takes in superscript, so that you know what case to use in what situation.
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