German language (Dative, Nominative, Accusative, Genitive)

[Kitosdad]

Could someone give an example sentence in German to illustrate the uses of;

Cases.

Dative.
Nominative.
Accusative.
Genitive.

Many thanks.
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[Torsten]

Dative: Mein Chef hat mir von den Expansionsplänen erzählt.
Nominative: VW ist ein dynamisches Unternehmen.
Accusative: Können Sie das Schiff am Horizont sehen?
Genitive: Die Angehörigen der Besatzung sind informiert worden.

TOEIC short conversations: Two conference participants introduce themselves to each other

[Kitosdad]

Many thanks Torsten. Now I only have to translate them. (sentences.) :)
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[Torsten]

Sure Bill. We can do it together. I can try to translate those sentences into English and you can correct me. Or we can do it the other way round. What do you reckon?

TOEIC short conversations: A customer complains about bad service

[Kitosdad]

Good morning Torsten. Both your German and English is far better than mine, so I'll let you do it alone.

Bill.
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[Jamie (K)]

Centuries ago, English had the same cases.

[Tomasito]

When people say that English comes from Germany it's very difficult for me to accept as true. They are so distinct languages. I'm not able to read and understand a sentence written in German. :wink:
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