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The Subject: Nominative Case

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Master the Nominative case to identify exactly who or what is performing the action in your sentences.

  • Identify the subject of a sentence.
  • Recognize the base form of Latvian nouns.
  • Apply the Nominative case to simple statements.
The Nominative: Putting the actor in the spotlight.

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Using the Nominative case (Nominatīvs) for the subject of a sentence. Learn how to identify who is performing the action.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: correctly identify and use the subject of a sentence in the Nominative case when describing people and objects.

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Check the ending

Always check if your noun ends in -s or -a. It's the easiest way to spot a Nominative.
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meitene girl zēns boy skolotājs teacher (masc.) grāmata book suns dog kā who

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Review Summary

  • Subject (Nominative) + Verb

Häufige Fehler

You used the Accusative form by mistake. Always check if the noun is the subject.

Wrong: Zēnu lasa.
Richtig: Zēns lasa.

Don't forget the final vowel! Nominative feminine nouns need that -e or -a.

Wrong: Meiten lasa.
Richtig: Meitene lasa.

You don't need to change the noun case if it is just identifying the subject.

Wrong: Suns ir suņa.
Richtig: Suns ir suns.

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Nominative for Sentence Subjects

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Label objects in your room with sticky notes using the Nominative case.

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Find the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Es redzu suni, bet viņš ir suns.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: No error
Suni is Accusative (object), suns is Nominative (subject).

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Nominative for Sentence Subjects

Fill in the correct form.

Tas ir ___ (table).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: galds
After 'ir', use Nominative.

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Select the correct Nominative form.

___ (The dog) rej.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Suns
Suns is the Nominative form.

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Häufige Fragen (2)

It is the dictionary form. If it ends in -s, -š, -a, or -e, it is likely Nominative.
No, the subject remains in the Nominative regardless of the verb's polarity.
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