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Dativ von „jemand anderes“ – „jemandem anderen“ oder „jemand anderem“?
Wie wird am geläufigsten der Dativ und der Akkusativ von „jemand anderes“ gebildet? Gibt es ein Prinzip, nach welchem hier die Objektfälle gebildet werden, und wie lässt sich diese Frage ...
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Adjective endings in accusative case and in comparison (neu/new)
This page suggests that neu/neuer is new/newer. This page suggests that "ein neuer Wagen" (a new car) is an identification of gender.
Is it true that neuer can stand for both - and thus the only way ...
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Nominative / accusative - what to use with preposition “als” and constructions like “John the engineer”?
Sie halten Johannes der Ingenieur als der wichtigste Fachmann ihrer Firma.
I don't know if I used the two "der" articles well.
In the sentence "Sie halten den Mann" the accusative is obvious, ...
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Understanding usage of Wechsel Dative Prepositions
As a non native speaker, I am unable to wrap my head around with usage of prepositions. Just today in class, my teacher asked the following question from a text in A2 Sprach Training book.
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Which one is correct: “dir” or “dich”? Dative or Accusative? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why isn’t “Ich danke dir” “Ich danke dich?”
If when I'm talking with a German, and I want to thank him/her which one is correct? Ich danke dich is correct or Ich danke ...
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Why isn't “Ich danke dir” “Ich danke dich?”
I believe that in the sentence
Ich danke 'du/dir/dich'
that:
ich = subject
danke = verb
du = direct object.
Wouldn't that mean that it would be "Ich danke dich"? I hear people say ...
