Exchange gifts: verbs with indirect objects
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs with direct and indirect object pronouns to talk about things we do to and for others.
I can confidently distinguish short [i], long [i], and [ie] sounds.
Exchange gifts: verbs with indirect objects
Learning outcomes
I can use verbs with direct and indirect object pronouns to talk about things we do to and for others.
I can confidently distinguish short [i], long [i], and [ie] sounds.
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Key learning points
- German vowels can be long or short; vowels followed by more than one consonant are short; other vowels are long.
- Some German and English cognates or near-cognates have the same pronunciation of [i] ('Kilo'); others not ('Musik').
- Many German verbs are followed by direct objects; personal direct object pronouns are 'mich', 'dich', 'ihn', 'sie'.
- With certain German verbs we use indirect objects; personal indirect object pronouns are 'mir', 'dir', 'ihm', 'ihr'.
- Sometimes indirect object pronouns mean ‘to me’, ‘to you’, etc., but they can just mean ‘me’, ‘you’, ‘him’, ‘her’.
Keywords
Indirect object pronoun (IOP) - replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you
Mir - indirect object pronoun (to/for) me
Dir - indirect object pronoun (to/for) you
Ihm - indirect object pronoun (to/for) him
Ihr - indirect object pronoun (to/for) her
Common misconception
The German pronoun for singular informal 'you' is always 'du'.
German uses 'du' as subject pronoun, 'dich' as direct object pronoun, and 'dir' as indirect object pronoun. There are also two object pronouns for 'me'. E.g., 'Du fragst mich.' ('You ask me.'), 'Du antwortest mir.' ('You answer me'.).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to experience, find out about
to climb, climbing
to kiss, kissing
to increase, climb
to (go on a) walk or hike
to forget, forgetting
mountain
December
season
time
March
change
Exit quiz
4 Questions
Wo ist __________ Schuh?
Wie findest __________ Deutsch?
Ich frage __________.
Ich antworte __________.