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New German Lesson: Grammar - Pronouns 3 - Dative

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Lesson Script

Pronouns 3 - The Dative Case

Introduction
In these sentences we use the nominative case for the pronoun that serves as the subject of the sentence, the accusative case for the pronoun that serves as the direct object, and the dative case for the pronoun that serves as the indirect object.

They describe her to me.
Sie beschreiben sie mir.

They describe her to you.
Sie beschreiben sie dir.

They describe her to her.
Sie beschreiben sie ihr.

They describe her to him.
Sie beschreiben sie ihm.

They describe her to it.
Sie beschreiben sie ihm.

They describe her to us.
Sie beschreiben sie uns.

They describe her to plural you.
Sie beschreiben sie euch.

They describe her to them.
Sie beschreiben sie ihnen.

They describe her to formal you.
Sie beschreiben sie Ihnen.

They describe him to me.
Sie beschreiben ihn mir.

They describe him to you.
Sie beschreiben ihn dir.

They describe him to her.
Sie beschreiben ihn ihr.

They describe him to him.
Sie beschreiben ihn ihm.

They describe him to it.
Sie beschreiben ihn ihm.

They describe him to us.
Sie beschreiben ihn uns.

They describe him to plural you.
Sie beschreiben ihn euch.

They describe him to them.
Sie beschreiben ihn ihnen.

They describe him to formal you.
Sie beschreiben ihn Ihnen.

I describe you to them.
Ich beschreibe dich ihnen.

We describe you to them.
Wir beschreiben dich ihnen.

He describes plural you to her.
Er beschreibt euch ihr.

Formal you describe it to me.
Sie beschreiben es mir.

Plural you describe me to him.
Ihr beschreibt mich ihm.

You describe it to us.
Du beschreibst es uns.

She describes it to formal you.
Sie beschreibt es Ihnen.

It describes me to formal you.
Es beschreibt mich Ihnen.

We describe them to them.
Wir beschreiben sie ihnen.

He recommends formal you to us.
Er empfiehlt Sie uns.

It recommends us to formal you.
Es empfiehlt uns Ihnen.

Plural you recommend me to it.
Ihr empfehlt mich ihm.

I recommend them to plural you.
Ich empfehle sie euch.

He recommends us to you.
Er empfiehlt uns dir.

You recommend us to her.
Du empfiehlst uns ihr.

I recommend them to you.
Ich empfehle sie dir.

She recommends plural you to me.
Sie empfiehlt euch mir.

We recommend formal you to him.
Wir empfehlen Sie ihm.

We recommend you to it.
Wir empfehlen dich ihm.

He recommends it to you.
Er empfiehlt es dir.

Formal you recommend them to me.
Sie empfehlen sie mir.

You recommend us to her.
Du empfiehlst uns ihr.

It recommends you to us.
Es empfiehlt dich uns.

Plural you recommend me to him.
Ihr empfehlt mich ihm.

Formal you recommend us to it.
Sie empfehlen uns ihm.

I recommend plural you to them.
Ich empfehle euch ihnen.

She recommends you to him.
Sie empfiehlt dich ihm.

I recommend it to plural you.
Ich empfehle es euch.

She recommends plural you to us.
Sie empfiehlt euch uns.

You recommend us to him.
Du empfiehlst uns ihm.

Plural you recommend me to it.
Ihr empfehlt mich ihm.

It recommends them to plural you.
Es empfiehlt sie euch.

It recommends plural you to him.
Es empfiehlt euch ihm.

We recommend you to it.

Wir empfehlen dich ihm. 


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