"Give me the duck."

Translation: Дайте мне утку.

[ClarkStephen]

I'm confused. I thought that "мне" could be omitted when it was "give me" (as opposed to "give her", "give them", etc. Am I wrong? Could some knowledgeable person please enlighten me?

[Elensefar]

I'm pretty sure there are other sentences where omitting "мне" was accepted :(

[RowanM.1]

I'm also really confused by this and would be most grateful for an explanation of the rules around this if anybody has one.

[buws2]

... and nobody gets hurt.

[tim803065]

Why is 'дайте утку' wrong?

[GeneM.]

Нет! Нет! Это моя!

[john239941]

Нет. Эта наша утка таворищ!

[freedemocracy]

The "мне" is required? That's an unexpected pattern.

[LisaHHarris]

Ok, no explanation for when мне is required. I'll memorize and move on.

[Dimidov]

If it is Дай мне, can it also be Дайте мне?

[A_User]

I see Дайте мне as the best translation given at the top of this page, so I would assume so.

[Dimidov]

It didn't show up for me in the exercise itself, but I saw both Дай мне and Дайте. Thanks for clearing that up, Tigs. :)

[A_User]

This is what happens when I find your question from your stream and so get the discussion from outside the exercise. :-) You're welcome!

[Dimidov]

Never a bad thing. :3

[Rosey778606]

Still no answer for when мне is required?

[Robert87066]

Why "мне" in this sentence ? No necessary !

[ruziskey2283]

I thought you had to include «пожалуйста» with “give me” requests, especially when itʼs formal as it is in this example. Can someone please explain?

[Surya350565]

Is Дайте утку мне not correct?

[ruziskey2283]

If you include «мне», it must go after the verb

[AloeMoon]

give me the child