Why is it dative case??
In the following sentence:
"Ich helfe dem Mann."
Why is "Mann" a dative case in this sentence?? I thought it should be accusative as "the man" is receiving help from "I", the nominative??
Why not "Ich helfe den Mann"??
Thank you!
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There are some verbs that require dative case, and helfen is one of them. The dative case describes the aim of the action or the person, who receives something:
Ich helfe dir, den Schlüssel zu suchen.
Wem helfe ich? >DIR = indirect object
Wen suchen wir ? DEN Schlüssel = direct object
Another example: Ich gebe dem Kind einen Stift.
Wem gebe ich einen Stif? >> DEM Kind = reciever = indirect object
Wen oder was gebe ich ? > einen Stif = direct object
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hey dear ..
that is because of the verb .. helfen .. in German's mind, they translate this verb as ( helping with )
so it contains a preposition in its meaning ..
and also other 5 verbs and they are ..
- danken
- es geht
- vertrauen
- antvorten
- gefallen
that's it ..
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