Liest
- Ich lese
- du liest
- er/es/sie liest
- wir lesen
- ihr lest
- sie/Sie lesen
Dative
The dative case is generally used to indicate the noun to which something is given, as in „George gave Jamie a drink“.
1) Indirect object
The indirect object of a sentence is the being (usually a person, but sometimes a pet or an inanimate object) for whose benefit the subject is acting upon the direct object.. It answers the question: To or for whom does the subject ?
EXAMPLES:
Wir backen euch einen Kuchen.
We’re baking you a cake.
We’re baking a cake for you.
2) Object of a dative verb or dative construction
A number of verbs, adjectives, and idiomatic expressions require a dative object in German. The following verbs require a dative object and will never have an accusative object.
antworten to answer imponieren to impress begegnen to encounter Leid tun to be sorry danken to thank nutzen to be useful to dienen to serve passen to suit drohen to threaten passieren to happen to ein•fallen to occur to reichen to be enough fehlen to be missing schaden to damage folgen to follow schmecken to taste gefallen to be pleasing to schwer•fallen to be difficult for gehören to belong to vertrauen to trust gelingen to succeed verzeihen to forgive glauben to believe weh•tun to hurt gratulieren to congratulate widersprechen to contradict helfen to help zu•hören to listen to
EXAMPLES:
Hilfst du mir mit der Hausaufgabe?
Will you help me with the homework?„Me“ is the object of the dative verb helfen. Der Hund folgte dem Kind nach Hause.
The dog followed the child home.„The child“ is the object of the dative verbfolgen. Das Geld reicht uns nicht.
The money is not enough for us.„Us“ is the object of the dative verb reichen.
Plus two others .. (dative)
Accusative
The following prepositions ‚trigger‘ the accusative:
| Preposition | Translation |
| für | For |
| um | Around/for/at (time) |
| durch | Through |
| gegen | Against |
| entlang | Along |
| bis | Until |
| ohne | Without |
| wider | Against |