Nominative case and "Sein"

Hallo

Another grammar question. When Nominative was explained “Sein” was mentioned as an equal sign. In lesson 6.5 When 2 things are being compared and “ist” is present is this why the things being compared are both in the nominative. EG. Die Couch and der Stuhl.

Once again thank you

Sebongela

Hi Sebongela,

thank you for your question! The concept is indeed very similar. When you compare two things with “als” , e.g. “Die Couch (nom.) ist bequemer als der Stuhl (nom.).”, they take the same case. In German, this is called “Gleichsetzungskasus” (equation case). It works with other verbs and the accusative too, for example:

"Er (nom.) gilt als guter Architekt (nom.)." - “He is considered to be a good architect.”

“Ich sehe ihn (acc.) als guten Architekten (acc.).” - - “I see him as a good architect.”

Viele Grüße,

Julia

Danke Julia

Thanks for explaining that. Slowly I am beginning to form a bigger picture of the grammar. Still a long way to go, but it is good to know that sometimes I do see the bigger picture

As always a great explanation 

Sebongela