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“On me”: “Auf mir” or “auf mich” – German personal pronouns in the dative and accusative case Posted by on Jul 31, 2013

I received the question whether it is auf mich or auf mir, which are translated as “on me” in English. The good news is that both forms exist in German and thus they are both correct. The bad news is: Both forms are not interchangeable at will. Which form you have to use is dependent…

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ME & YOU: “mir/dir” OR “mich/dich”? Posted by on Oct 6, 2010

Very often I can realize that learners of German struggle with using the correct form of the 1st person and 2nd person personal pronouns in the singular.  Both “me” and “you” have each two translations in German. “Me” can mean either mich or mir and “you” can mean either dich or dir. The difference between…

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