Dativpronomen
When a personal pronoun is the indirect object, it takes the dative form. Compare: accusative (direct object) vs dative (indirect object).
DeutschEnglish
ich → mir
I → to me
du → dir
you → to you
er → ihm
he → to him
sie → ihr
she → to her
es → ihm
it → to it
wir → uns
we → to us
ihr → euch
you pl → to you
sie/Sie → ihnen/Ihnen
they/formal → to them/you
Erhilftmir.
ENHe helps me. (helfen takes dative: mir = dative of ich)
Kannstdumirhelfen?
ENCan you help me?
Formal (Sie)Informal (du)
ich
ACC: mich
DAT: mir
du
ACC: dich
DAT: dir
er
ACC: ihn
DAT: ihm
sie (she)
ACC: sie
DAT: ihr
wir
ACC: uns
DAT: uns ← same!
💡 uns is both accusative and dative for wir. euch is both accusative and dative for ihr. Only singular pronouns always change.
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