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| The indirect object is the person or thing to whom something is given or for whom something is done. In German this notion is expressed in the dative case. | |
| Beispiel: | Ich gebe dem Kind den Apfel. (I am giving the child the apple.) Apple is the direct object, but I am giving it to the child, the indirect object. |
| Ich kaufe meinem Sohn einen Hut. (I buy my son a hat.) | |
| Contrary to the accusative case, all the definite and indefinite articles change in the dative case. Der becomes dem and ein becomes einem; das becomes dem and ein becomes einem; die becomes der; und eine becomes einer. | |
| Beispiel: | Der Mann hat ein Auto. |
| Das Auto gehört dem Mann. | |
| Das Haustier ist groß. | |
| Das Kind kauft dem Haustier einen Ball. | |
| Die Frau schreibt einen Brief. | |
| Die Tochter schreibt der Frau einen Brief. | |
| In the plural, die becomes den and the plural dative noun usually takes an n. | |
| Beispiel: | Die Kinder kaufen die Bälle. |
| Die Bälle gehören den Kindern. | |
| The dative question word is wem (to whom). | |
| Beispiel: | Wem gehören die Schuhe? |
| Die Schuhe gehören dem Kind. | |
| Complete, using the cued expressions in parentheses. Put the cued expression in the dative as required. The cued expression is given in the nominative. | |
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