29th May, 2009

#German sentence structure: Statements 2

posted 1 year ago

#grammar

Statements 1 dealt with sentences that only have ONE object. So what happens if we have more than one?

1.) two nouns: Dative before accusative!

Example: Ich gebe meinem Freund einen Brief. I give a letter to my friend.

(S) (V) (dative O) (acc. O) .

2.) one noun, one pronoun: The pronoun always goes first!

Example: Ich gebe ihm einen Brief. I give a letter to him.

(S) (V) (P) (acc. O) .

3.) two pronouns: Accusative before dative!

Example: Ich gebe ihn ihm. I give it to him.

(S) (V) (AP) (DP).

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