Ich zeige ihm den Park.

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Breakdown of Ich zeige ihm den Park.

• zeigen: to show
• der Park: the park
• den: the; (masculine, accusative)

Questions & Answers about Ich zeige ihm den Park.

Why is ihm used here instead of ihn?

The verb zeigen is ditransitive: it takes a dative indirect object (the person you show something to) and an accusative direct object (the thing shown). ihm is the dative form of er (“he”). If you used ihn, you’d be making “him” the direct object, which doesn’t match the pattern of zeigen.

Why is den Park in the accusative case and not der Park or dem Park?

Park is a masculine noun (der Park). As the direct object of zeigen, it must be in the accusative. The masculine accusative singular article is den. der is nominative (“the park” as subject) and dem is dative (“to/for the park”), neither of which fit here.

Why does zeigen take both a dative and an accusative object?

Some German verbs, like geben, schenken, and zeigen, are ditransitive: they naturally express “someone does something to/for someone else.” In this pattern the person receiving or affected is dative and the thing given, shown or told is accusative.

Why does the pronoun ihm come before the noun den Park?

German word‑order rules for objects say that a pronoun (ihm) usually precedes a full noun phrase (den Park). If you had two nouns, word order can be more flexible, but with one pronoun and one noun the pronoun goes first.