Der Tischler arbeitet ihr ...
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Was passt nicht?

Der Tischler arbeitet ihr ... zu langsam, zu genau, zu alt, zu ruhig, zu bequem

I can't understand what 'ihr' means in this sentence.
I knew that 'ihr' is dative case of 'sie' and it means 'she' is indirect object of this sentence. like 'ihr means 'to her' '.

Then do that sentence mean 'The carpenter work for her' or 'The carpenter work to her' or something else? I do know that is dativ, but I don't know what 'dative case' exactly means in that sentence.

Could anyone tell me how 'ihr' functions and means in that sentence?
Additionally, Do the dative case have more other meaning? 'to her, to him, to me' is all that I know. And that meaning doesn't make a sense in a upper sentence.

Waiting for your help. Thanks

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Der Tischler arbeitet ihr ...
This is a question in Delfin.

Was passt nicht?

Der Tischler arbeitet ihr ... zu langsam, zu genau, zu alt, zu ruhig, zu bequem

I can't understand what 'ihr'  means in this sentence. 
I knew that 'ihr' is dative case of 'sie' and it means 'she' is indirect object of this sentence. like 'ihr means 'to her' '.

Then do that sentence mean 'The carpenter work for her' or 'The carpenter work to her' or something else? I do know that is dativ, but I don't know what 'dative case' exactly means in that sentence.

Could anyone tell me how 'ihr' functions and means in that sentence?
Additionally, Do the dative case have more other meaning? 'to her, to him, to me' is all that I know. And that meaning doesn't make a sense in a upper sentence.

Waiting for your help. Thanks

Answer

I would translate it as:
"The carpenter works too slowly for her liking."
(she doesn't like the slow pace of his work)

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In general, the accusative case is for the thing or person that the action is done to, while the dative case is for the person (or sometimes thing) suffering or benefitting from the action.

So the construction "X (Nom.) verb Y (Dat.) ... zu Z (adjective)" means that from the point of view or in the opinion of Y, whatever X does, it is too much Z. "Der Tischler arbeitet ihr zu langsam" means that in her opinion, as she sees it, the carpenter works too slowly. In the same way "Der Arbeiter arbeitet dem Chef zu langsam" etc.

You can only use this construction with the superlative, and only if the verb not already requires a dative object.

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"Der Tischler arbeitet ihr ... zu langsam"

this doesn't answer if he is working for her. She think that he's working too slow. In this case "ihr" is not used like "her worker, ihr arbeiter", it's her opinion about him.

btw. Ein Schreiner  kann nicht "zu alt" arbeiten, denk ich. ;D

.......
Ihr Arbeiter arbeitet ihr zu langsam.
Ihr seid zu langsam.
Ihr seid ihr zu langsam.

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Sehr interessante Frage. Ich bin nicht sicher, ob es da mehr Saetze gibt, wo "ihr" verwendelt ist? Zum Beispiel, "ihr" ist irgendwelche Produktion?

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