'Mit' and 'nach' are both prepositions that take dative.
But why does the first sentence use 'mich' (accusative) while the second uses the dative 'mir'?
- Nimmst du mich bitte mit?
- Sie macht mir alles nach.
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Sign up to join this community'Mit' and 'nach' are both prepositions that take dative.
But why does the first sentence use 'mich' (accusative) while the second uses the dative 'mir'?
If you are dealing with a separable verb, then it does not matter which case the separable part would take if it was used as a preposition on its own.
The "mit" in the first example is part of the separable word mitnehmen, which requires accusative case.
The second example uses the separable verb nachmachen. It has both a dative object, "mir", and an accusative object, "alles".