Starter quiz
- Match the German and English.
- das Bild⇔picture ✓
- das Jahr⇔year ✓
- das Wort⇔word ✓
- die Größe⇔size, height ✓
- die Zukunft⇔future ✓
- der Gegenstand⇔object ✓
- 'Mir', 'dir', 'ihm', 'ihr', 'uns', 'euch' and 'ihnen' are all examples of ______ pronouns.
- 'indirect object' ✓
- 'Ich habe dir eine E-Mail geschrieben, aber du hast mir nicht geantwortet.'. Choose the correct translations.
- I write you a letter but you don't reply to me.
- I wrote an email to you but you haven't replied to me. ✓
- I wrote you an email but you haven't replied to me. ✓
- I wrote you a letter but you didn't reply to me.
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- Which of the following statements apply to impersonal verbs?
- Impersonal verbs are dative verbs. ✓
- Impersonal verbs often use 'es' as their subject. ✓
- Impersonal verbs always begin with 'ge'.
- Impersonal verbs are accusative verbs.
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- Which of these are not dative verbs?
- sehen ✓
- zeigen
- geben
- schreiben
- essen ✓
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- Sort the words below into the correct order to construct the following sentence: 'I give her the book. She thanks me.'
- 1⇔ich
- 2⇔gebe
- 3⇔ihr
- 4⇔das Buch
- 5⇔sie
- 6⇔dankt
- 7⇔mir
Exit quiz
- Which of these words describe positive characteristics?
- ehrlich ✓
- freundlich ✓
- kritisch
- schrecklich
- pünktlich ✓
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- Match the German and English.
- dir⇔(to) you (sing) ✓
- euch⇔(to) you (pl) ✓
- ihnen⇔(to) them ✓
- mir⇔(to) me ✓
- ihm⇔(to) him ✓
- ihr⇔(to) her ✓
- Match the German and English.
- erklären⇔to explain, explaining ✓
- drohen⇔to threaten, threatening ✓
- gehören⇔to belong, belonging to ✓
- genügen⇔to be enough, sufficient ✓
- gefallen⇔to please, like ✓
- passen⇔to suit, fit ✓
- Some __________ verbs are __________ verbs. They're usually used with the subject pronoun __________. Grammatically, the person is the __________ __________ of the verb, e.g., 'it is pleasing to me'.
- 1⇔dative
- 2⇔impersonal
- 3⇔'es'
- 4⇔indirect
- 5⇔object
- Match the German and English.
- die Berufserfahrung⇔work experience ✓
- das Arbeitsangebot⇔job offer ✓
- die Berufsberatung⇔careers advice ✓
- die Arbeitswelt⇔workplace ✓
- der Bereich⇔area ✓
- die Gesellschaft⇔company, society ✓
- Translate the following sentence into German: 'He writes a letter to me.'
- 'Er schreibt mir einen Brief.' ✓
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Key learning points
- The German [ch] can be soft or hard. Soft [ch] should not be confused with [sch].
- Certain verbs are dative verbs and use indirect object (dative) pronouns.
- The dative pronouns are 'mir', 'dir', 'ihm', 'ihn', 'uns', 'euch', 'ihnen'.
- Some dative verbs are also impersonal like 'gefallen', 'gelingen' and 'genügen'.
Common misconception
Verbs are only followed by the dative case if we translate the verb with 'to' or 'for' in English.
Some verbs are impersonal, and take the dative, and are usually used with 'es'. For example, 'gelingen' - 'es gelingt mir' (I succeed).
Keywords
Dative - case used for the indirect object in a sentence, and after a dative verb or presposition
Indirect object pronoun - replaces the person, people or thing(s) noun that the the verb action is done 'to' or 'for', e.g., 'to me', 'for them'
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