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Breakdown of Ich bringe Ihnen den Kaffee.
ich
I
der Kaffee
the coffee
So you see that our coffee is masculine. There are very few, close to no rules about which is what gender, just try to learn them with memos like German coffee is for tough guys
Ihnen
Sie - dative case
Du - dir
Sie - Ihnen
Sie - Ihnen
We'll look at how this works out later, just try to link them together in your brain for now :D
bringen
to bring
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der Apfelden Apfel = direct object and accusative
den Apfel = indirect object and dative
den Apfel = indirect object and accusativeder Frau = indirect object and dative
der Frau = direct object and accusative
den Apfel = indirect object and dativeder Schlüsselgib mirGib mir den Schlüssel.Er gibt mir den Schlüssel.Er gibt mir nicht den Schlüssel.
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German has four grammatical cases: nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), dative (indirect object), and genitive (possession). The case determines the form of articles and adjectives. For example, "the dog" is "der Hund" as a subject but "den Hund" as a direct object.
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