{"id":1103,"date":"2010-10-06T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T12:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2010-10-06T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T12:56:51","slug":"me-you-%e2%80%9cmirdir%e2%80%9d-or-michdich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/me-you-%e2%80%9cmirdir%e2%80%9d-or-michdich\/","title":{"rendered":"ME & YOU: \u201cmir\/dir\u201d OR “mich\/dich”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. \u00a0Both \u201cme\u201d and \u201cyou\u201d have each two translations in German. \u201cMe\u201d can mean either mich<\/em><\/strong> or mir<\/em><\/strong> and \u201cyou\u201d can mean either dich<\/em><\/strong> or dir<\/em><\/strong>. The difference between these forms is their grammar case. Mir<\/strong><\/em> and dir<\/strong><\/em> are DATIVE personal pronouns and mich<\/strong><\/em> and dich<\/strong><\/em> are ACCUSATIVE personal pronouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Singular<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1st<\/sup> Person<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2nd<\/sup> Person<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dative<\/span><\/td>\n\n

mir<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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dir<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Accusative<\/span><\/td>\n\n

mich<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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dich<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Which grammar case we have to use in a sentence is determined by the verb or preposition of our phrase. Let\u2019s have a look at some examples with very common prepositions and with a few verbs.<\/p>\n

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Prepositions<\/h2>\n

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