nominative

«nominative» in Mova's school dictionary: The form of a noun or pronoun used for the subject of a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (nominative); noun (the nominative)

meaning for a pupil

(grammar) The form of a noun or pronoun used for the subject of a sentence, the one doing the action. In English, "I, he, she, we, they" are nominative; "me, him, her, us, them" are not. tree →

sense in the lessons

A grammar word used when learning languages like Latin, German, Ukrainian or Russian, where nouns change their endings in different cases. In English, it explains why we say "She and I went" (nominative) but "Mum saw her and me".

examples

• "He" is the nominative form; "him" is not. tree →
• In "The cat sat", "the cat" is in the nominative case. tree →
• In German we learned the nominative and accusative cases. tree →
• Latin nouns change their endings: "puella" is nominative. tree →
• Use the nominative "I" when you are the subject: "Tom and I won". tree →
• Ukrainian has seven cases, starting with the nominative. tree →

note

Also called the "subject case". Trap: say "My friend and I played" (nominative), not "My friend and me played". Not the same as "nominate".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nominative» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.