Expertlatin
- What is the nominative case after the verb to be?
- What are the rules of nominative?
- How do you identify the subject and object in a sentence?
- Is the nominative the subject?
What is the nominative case after the verb to be?
A pronoun used as a predicate nominative is in the nominative case. A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun after some form of to be (is, was, might have been, and so on).
What are the rules of nominative?
A nominative-case noun or pronoun must agree in number with its verb. This just means that a singular noun must be matched with a singular verb. Similarly, a plural noun must be matched with a plural verb. In other words, we must say "The cat was" and not "The cat were." This is called subject-verb agreement.
How do you identify the subject and object in a sentence?
Subjects and objects have the opposite functions in a sentence. The subject is the 'doer' of the action. For example, take the sentence “We are watching Netflix.” Here, the subject is the pronoun 'we'. Objects are the opposite; instead of doing something (like watching Netflix), they are acted upon.
Is the nominative the subject?
The Nominative is the naming case, used for the subject of the sentence. Nominative nouns can be singular: Alfred is my name. "Alfred" is the subject of the sentence, so "Alfred" would be in the nominative.
