A2.1 · 10 of 28
Wem? Was? — Verben mit Dativ und Akkusativ
Lesson · 4 rules · about 5 min
Ich gebe es dir: learn which object is dative, which is accusative, and who goes first, and every gift sentence falls into place.
- 1Person dative, thing accusative
- 2Two nouns: person first
- 3A pronoun jumps to the front
- 4The verbs of giving
Why this matters
A group of everyday verbs takes two objects: the person who receives (dative — wem?) and the thing that is given (accusative — was?): Ich gebe dem Kind den Ball. geben, schenken, zeigen, schicken, bringen, leihen, erklären, empfehlen, erzählen, kaufen, wünschen all work this way, and the order is fixed in one direction and flips in the other. With two nouns, the person comes first: Ich gebe dem Kind den Ball. If the thing is a pronoun, it jumps ahead: Ich gebe es dem Kind. With two pronouns, the thing still comes first: Ich gebe es ihm. English does this with 'to' or with order; German does it with the case ending and the pronoun rule. The dative articles themselves (dem, der, den) are drilled in the Dativ quiz; here every gap is about the two objects together — which comes first, and when a pronoun jumps ahead. Where both objects are offered as word tiles, tap them into the right order — one tile is always a wrong form.
Reihenfolge & Pronomen
Ich gebe tap the words below.
I give the child the ball.
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Wem? Was? — Verben mit Dativ und Akkusativ · A2.1
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