Nominative Case

NOMINATIVE	CONJUGATED VERB	PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
Find the Subject—Who or what is being described?	Find the Verb—Does the verb express a state of being?	If the verb expresses a state of being, find the predicate nominative or predicate adjective— What is renaming or describing the subject?

To find the subject and verb, say: who/what + verb (who/what is/seems)

To find the predicate nominative or predicate adjective, say: verb + who/what (is who/what, seems what)

Examples:

LINKING VERB	SUBJECT	VERB	PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
to be	Der Student Der MannDie StudentinDie Frau	ist	mein Bruder.Arzt.meine Schwester.Ärztin.

LINKING VERB	SUBJECT	VERB	PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
to be	Der MannDer StudentDie StudentinDie Frau	ist	glücklich.sehr nett.wirklich froh.intelligent.

to remain—Er/sie bleibt ein Träumer (dreamer) sein/ihr Leben lang.

to become—Der Student wird Arzt. Die Studentin wird Ärztin. to seem—Sie schient sehr glücklich. to appear—Er sieht sehr glücklich aus.