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Questions & Answers about Der Tee beruhigt mich.
Why is it der Tee and not den Tee?
Because Tee is the subject of the sentence and must be in the nominative case. The masculine nominative article is der. The form den is accusative and is used for a direct object, e.g., Ich trinke den Tee.
Why is it mich and not mir?
The verb beruhigen takes a direct object in the accusative: you calm someone (German: jemanden beruhigen). For the 1st person singular, the cases are:
- nominative: ich
- accusative: mich
- dative: mir So here you need the accusative mich. You’d use mir with verbs or expressions that require dative, e.g., Mir ist kalt.
What verb form is beruhigt?
It’s the present tense, 3rd person singular of beruhigen. Present conjugation:
- ich beruhige
- du beruhigst
- er/sie/es beruhigt
- wir beruhigen
- ihr beruhigt
- sie/Sie beruhigen
Is beruhigen a separable verb? What happens in the perfect tense?