German cases (dialect case study)
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The most striking difference between cases in High German and in Rhine Franconian is the lack of a genitive case, which is explained below.
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Nominative:
- German articles (dialect case study): de, die, es, plural die
- German pronouns (dialect case study): isch, duu, à/se/es, mir, ir, se
Genitive:
- There are three replacements for the High German genitive case in Rhine Franconian:
- Using possessive pronouns
- Using dative case + possessive pronoun (3rd person only). demm sai and denne ir can be considered stressed possessive pronouns.
- Using the preposition "funn" followed by dative case (for more complex constructions)
- Examples:
- Dass iss mai Audoh = Das ist mein Auto (That's my car)
- Aià Haus iss grohs = Euer Haus ist groß (Your house is big)
- Isch hann (demm) sai Schlissel = Ich habe seinen/ihren Schlüssel (I have his/her key/keys)
- Em Hainz sai Tasch iss klene vie mainie = Heinz' Tasche ist kleiner als meine (Heinz' bag is smaller than mine)
- Die Tasch fumm Marrie iss grehsa = Marias Tasche ist größer (Mary's bag is bigger)
- Voh iss die Kabb fumm Faddà? = Wo ist Vaters Mütze? (Where's father's cap?)
- em Maià Kurd sai Fraa = Kurt Meyers Frau (Kurt Meyer's wife)
- die Farb funn mainem Jubbe = die Farbe meiner Jacke (the color of my jacket)
Dative:
- German articles (dialect case study): em, dà, em, plural de
- German pronouns (dialect case study): mir, dir, em/à/em, uns, aisch, ne
Accusative:
- German articles (dialect case study): de, die, es, plural die
- German pronouns (dialect case study): misch, disch, ne/se/'s, uns, aisch, se
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