nominative

Everyday

(grammar) The form of a noun or pronoun used for the subject of a sentence, the one doing the action. In English, "I, he, she, we, they" are nominative; "me, him, her, us, them" are not. tree →

In the lessons

A grammar word used when learning languages like Latin, German, Ukrainian or Russian, where nouns change their endings in different cases. In English, it explains why we say "She and I went" (nominative) but "Mum saw her and me".

Examples

• "He" is the nominative form; "him" is not. tree →
• In "The cat sat", "the cat" is in the nominative case. tree →
• In German we learned the nominative and accusative cases. tree →
• Latin nouns change their endings: "puella" is nominative. tree →
• Use the nominative "I" when you are the subject: "Tom and I won". tree →
• Ukrainian has seven cases, starting with the nominative. tree →

Note

Also called the "subject case". Trap: say "My friend and I played" (nominative), not "My friend and me played". Not the same as "nominate".