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- "Ich danke dir!"
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We mean the verb requires a dative object which is a noun or pronoun in the dative case. If you look at the top of the lesson page in this dative lesson section, you will see the pronouns listed for the dative case as well as for the accusative and nominative, as well as info for "the" in dative case for the nouns.
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"Ich liebe dich" has the same exact sentence structure as "ich danke dir". So why do we use "dich" with one and "dir" with the other? They mention dative verbs in this thread... so, is there like a list of verbs with which the dative is always used?
See here: http://german.about.com/library/verbs/blverb_dativ.htm Naturally, the list is not exhaustive.
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I wrote, "I am thanking you" and was rebuffed. My ego is bruised. I know it is a trivial matter, but I feel this program is more limited in English than I am limited in my baby Deutsch.
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If I was to use the wrong word (e.g dich vs dir) in conversation would the meaning of what I'm saying still be understood?