Noun - Case

 

There are three cases:

1. Nominative case/Subjective case

2. Accusative case/Objective case

3. Possessive case/Genitive case

 

Nominative case: A noun is said to be in the nominative case if it is the subject of a verb in a sentence.

Examples:

1. Mumbai is a big city.  – sub – Mumbai – in nominative case

2. Pankaj is my friend.    – Sub – Pankaj    - in nominative case

 

Accusative case: A noun is said to be in the accusative case when it is the object of a verb in a sentence.

Examples:

1. He broke the glass. – obj – glass – in accusative case

2. I met him. – obj – him – in accusative case.

 

Sentences with two objects:

I gave him a pen. I gave a pen to him.

In this sentence, him and pen are the two objects. Him is the indirect object and pen is the direct object.

 

Note: An indirect object denotes the person to whom or for whom something is given or done, while a direct object usually denotes a thing.

 

The direct object is said to be in the accusative case, and the indirect object is said to be in the dative case.

 

Possessive case: A noun is said to be in the possessive case when it shows possession.

Examples:

1. This is Rahul’s house.

2. The price of the chair is very high.

 

How to form the possessive case:

For living beings, singular or plural, we use apostrophe (‘) with a noun.

Noun + ‘   + s       

Examples:

1. Boy - boy’s

2. Rahul - Rahul’s

3. Father - father’s             

4. Boys - boys’                

5. People - people’s

6. Children - children’s

 

For non-living beings, singular or plural, we use “of” before a noun.

of + noun

Examples:

1. School – of the school          

2. Chair    - of the chair

 

3. Houses – of the houses

4. Chairs    - of the chairs