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Nakamura, Wataru (1997). A Constraint-Based Typology of Case Systems - Chapter 1.
URL: http://wings.buffalo.edu/linguistics/people/students/dissertations/nakamura/nakamurach.pdf
(Last accessed 2005-05-31).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 1183&langcode=deu (2021-08-10).
Example #1:
b. Wem gehört das Buch?
whom:DAT belong:3SG the:NOM book:NOM
'Whom does the book belong to?'
Example #2:
(16) a. Peter hat ein Fahrrad gekauft.
Peter has a:ACC bicycle:ACC buy:PSTP
'Peter bought a bicycle'.
Example #3:
b. Frantz wohnte damals in Berlin.
Frantz live:PAST then in Berlin
'Frantz lived in Berlin then'.
Example #4:
c. Der Gast kommt heute an.
the:NOM guest:NOM arrives today
'The guest arrives today'.
Example #5:
d. Peter hat den Kindern eine Geschichte erzählt.
Peter has the:DAT children:DAT a:ACC story:ACC tell:PSTP
'Peter told a story to the children'.
Example #6:
e. Sabine hat ihn davonlaufen sehen.
Sabine has him:ACC run.away see:PSTP
'Sabine saw him run away'.
Example #7:
(47) a. Peter erzählt den Kindern eine Geschichte.
Peter tells the:DAT children:DAT an:ACC story:ACC
'Peter tells a story to the children'.
Example #8:
b. Peter nimmt den Kindern das Buch.
Peter takes the:DAT children:DAT the:ACC book:ACC
'Peter takes the book from the children'.
Example #9:
(52) a. Peter wurde von Sabine gelobt.
Peter be:PAST ABL Sabine admire:PSTP
'Peter was admired by Sabine'. (German)
Example #10:
d. Peter arbeitet nicht den ganzen Tag
Peter works NEG the:ACC entire:ACC day:ACC
'Peter does not work all day long'.