Breakdown of Nimm bitte Kontakt mit ihm auf.
bitte
please
ihm
him / it / to him / to it (dative)
mit
with
Kontakt aufnehmen
to get in touch
Questions & Answers about Nimm bitte Kontakt mit ihm auf.
Why is the word auf at the very end of the sentence?
It belongs to the separable verb aufnehmen. Together with Kontakt, the fixed expression Kontakt aufnehmen means to get in touch or to establish contact. In a command, the separable prefix auf moves to the very end of the sentence.
Why is the verb nimm instead of nehm or nehme?
Nimm is the informal singular command (imperative) form of nehmen (to take). Because nehmen is a strong verb that changes its stem vowel from e to i for the du form (du nimmst), the command form also uses that i and drops the -st ending, resulting in nimm.
Why do we use ihm here instead of ihn?
The preposition mit (with) always forces the following noun or pronoun into the dative case. Therefore, the masculine pronoun er (he) changes to the dative ihm, making the phrase mit ihm.
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