What’s on the Grammatical Case poster
A 6-row table: Case · Marks · English trace.
The common cases, with what each typically marks.
- Nominative — The subject — he, she, they
- Accusative — Direct object — him, her, them
- Dative — Indirect object — (merged with accusative)
- Genitive — Possession — 's and of
- Instrumental — By means of — (uses 'with')
- Locative — Location — (uses 'in', 'at')
English retains case only on pronouns: he/him/his. Finnish has fifteen cases; Hungarian has eighteen.
Questions about the Grammatical Case poster
- What’s on the Grammatical Case poster?
- A 6-row table: Case · Marks · English trace. The common cases, with what each typically marks. Nominative — The subject — he, she, they; Accusative — Direct object — him, her, them; Dative — Indirect object — (merged with accusative); Genitive — Possession — 's and of; Instrumental — By means of — (uses 'with'); Locative — Location — (uses 'in', 'at'). English retains case only on pronouns: he/him/his. Finnish has fifteen cases; Hungarian has eighteen.
- Who is the Grammatical Case poster for?
- Grammatical Case belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning how languages work can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Grammatical Case poster?
- Case marks the noun's job. English marks it with word order and prepositions instead. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Grammatical Case belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Grammatical Case?
- Bilingualism, Code-Switching and Cognates & Loanwords sit alongside Grammatical Case in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BilingualismCode-SwitchingCognates & Loanwords
- Is the Grammatical Case poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Grammatical Case downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Grammatical Case poster print at?
- Grammatical Case is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Grammatical Case loses nothing.Printing guide
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