tryna learn german and its saying the difference between eine or ein and einen is the accusative case and idk wtf that means and when to use it so pls what does this mean
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Example sentence: The man gives a ball to the woman. | Der Mann gibt einen Ball der Frau.
**Nominative** – The nominative case is used for the subject in the sentence. It is the “default setting” of the cases so to say and answers the question “Wer?” or “who?”
Who gives the ball: The man | Der Mann
**Accusative** – The accusative case describes the direct object of a sentence. It answers to the question “Wen?” or “whom?” .
What does the man give: a ball | einen Ball
**Dative** – The dative case describes an indirect object that receives an action from the direct object in the accusative case or the subject. The dative case gives you more information about an action that took place. It talks about the recipient. The question for the dative case in German would be “Wem?” or “to whom?”
To whom does the man give the ball: to the woman | der Frau
Source upon which I expanded: [https://blog.lingoda.com/en/accusative-dative-german/](https://blog.lingoda.com/en/accusative-dative-german/)
Further reading: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dative_case#German](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dative_case#German)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_case#German](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_case#German)
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