Dich vs. Dir ? Mich vs. Mir ?
Hi. I am so confused about the function of Dich, Dir and ... .
Please help me differentiate them and what are the rest for the other pronouns of " ich, du, Sie, {er,sie,es}, Wir, ihr, sie" ?
Please give an example as well so I can understand this better.

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Dich vs. Dir ?  Mich vs. Mir ? 
Hi. I am so confused about the function of Dich, Dir and ... .
Please help me differentiate them and what are the rest for the other pronouns of " ich, du, Sie, {er,sie,es}, Wir, ihr, sie" ? 
Please give an example as well so I can understand this better.

Answer

Here's a table:
http://www.udoklinger.de/Deutsch/Grammatik/Pronomen.htm

There are two main principles for cases (accusative, dative):

1) The verb determines which cases are necessary. I recommend to learn to whole pattern together with each verb.
"jemanden (accusative) lieben": Ich liebe dich.
"jemandem (dative) etwas (accusative) geben": Ich gebe dir das Buch."
A good dictionary should explain those patterns.

2) In connection with pronouns, the dative is often used for a location, and the accusative for a direction:
Ich stehe im (in + dem, dative) Wasser.
Ich springe in das (accusative) Wasser.

Answer

dich = accusative
dir = dative

Learn them yourself.

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