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Mr. Puddle: Sehr gut!
Miss Purrplexed:: Danke!
Miss Purrplexed: Bitte, gib mir das Auto!
Take your chance and try to guess what these sentences mean ! Even more, guess the word's case!
Mrs. Purrplexed wants to play!
Let's translate !
1.They are delivering it to me
2.I’m sending my car to my father today
3.We’re giving this laptop to our friends
4.She is recommending a doctor to my mother
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Let's translate !
1.She’s giving me the pen
2.I lend money to her brother
3.My friend is sending a gift to his mother
4.They are recommending us a good movie
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Translation 2 :
I deliver it to you
If the direct object is a pronoun, then it comes first, followed by the indirect object
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Translation 1 :
I’m showing the house
Exceptions
✔️ fragen, kosten have two direct objects
Das kostete mich (direct object) ein Haus (direct object)
Structures
The indirect object is always placed before the direct object
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dir | das Haus |
There are many verbs in this category, so let’s take a look at the most common ones:
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Mr. Puddle: Geben is a dative verb as well as an accusative verb, while helfen is only dative. Please, don’t forget the structures! “Subject - indirect object” pairs function as long as the direct object isn’t a pronoun. Now, how do I say politely: Give me the car!
Mr. Puddle: Danke! Das ist lieb von dir! Yet, you made one mistake. Geben is a dative verb, so we say “Ich gebe dir” or, you can say it formally “Ich gebe Ihnen”, when you talk to a teacher. I’ve got a question for you: what’s the difference between “helfen” and “geben”?
Miss Purrplexed:: I know that these verbs are both dative verbs… Umm.. I can’t remember!
Miss Purrplexed: Alles gute zum Geburtstag! I gebe dich eine Schokolade!
*If this table doesn't display right, please turn your phone horrizontaly !
Geben has two objects: direct (einen Apfel) and indirect (dem Mann) which is a person.
Mrs. Puddles gives a tip!
V. Let's practice! - Verbs in dative accusative + dative case
IV. Purrrfection explained! - Verbs in dative accusative + dative case
✔️Remember that all these verbs may have two object
✔️Structures are intuitive to learn: the person (indirect objects) is in the first position as long as the direct object isn’t a pronoun (it’s a thing).
✔️The pronouns (direct object) are always in the first position !
✔️Remember the exceptions: kosten and fragen, which have two direct objects
Up to this moment we learned and previously revised the Dative and Accusative cases (here accusative and here dative ), the verbs with dative and accusative prepositions (here!) and understood quite well the relationship between subject and the direct/indirect objects.
✔️ There is another category of verbs which simultaneously have a direct and indirect object. You may have seen this example at the last lesson:
I gebe dem Mann einen Apfel
dem Mann ↪ indirect object: Dative object
einen Apfel ↪ direct object: Accusative case
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