I am a bit confused I guess. Sabine says to Andreas "Ich helfe dir." But shouldn't "dich" be there instead of "dir", since "you" is a direct object in that sentence. Help!
lesson 20.4
Bob-D
June 10, 2013
Byron-K21
June 10, 2013
Hi Bob,
I think I can answer that. There are some German verbs that always take the dative case instead of the accusative. I have no idea why.. Helfen is one of them. There are probably a couple of dozen others and you can look them up on Google. I haven't gotten through Platinum yet so I don't know if that is discussed or not.
If it weren't for the grammar, German would be relatively easy.
Bob-D
June 10, 2013
Vielen Dank! Just another rule to remember, I guess.
coolcader
June 10, 2013
I've got no idea.I'm just a specialist!
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