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A2Grammatik 10 min
Sentences with two objects: Ich gebe dem Kind den Ball / Ich gebe ihn ihm
The sentence 'I give the child the ball' has two objects: to whom (Dativ) and what (Akkusativ). Very common verbs such as geben, schenken, zeigen, schicken, bringen, erklären build this structure. There is a simple rule for the order, and it turns around when pronouns come in.
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The sentence 'I give the child the ball' has two objects: to whom (Dativ) and what (Akkusativ). Very common verbs such as geben, schenken, zeigen, schicken, bringen, erklären build this structure. There is a simple rule for the order, and it turns around when pronouns come in.
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