Timeline for When to prefer Dativus Judicantis over modal preposition "für"+Akkusativ?
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| Feb 22, 2023 at 22:17 | comment | added | RDBury | English can use the same phrase for both meanings, which seems to be part of the confusion. Perhaps a rule of thumb is that if you can rephrase using "found", for example "he found the text too difficult" then the dative works in German. If rephrasing to get rid of "for" is difficult then you'd probably use "für". | |
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| Feb 22, 2023 at 8:04 | history | answered | planetmaker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |