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Kannst du mir den Kollegen vorstellen?
the verb "vorstellen" has 2 "Objects": which is dative and which is Akkusative?
June 4, 2017
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In your example, "mir" is Dative and "den Kollegen" is Akkusative.
If you want to find out the declination of a word, you can always ask the same questions:
- "Who or what does something?" if you want to find the Nominative (the protaginist of your sentence)
- "Whose?" if you want to find the Genitive (Possessive)
- "Whom? To whom?" if you're looking for the Dative
- "Who or what?" if you're looking for the Akkusative (the object)
In your sentence:
- "Who or what does something?" - du = Nominative
- "Whose?" - not present
- "Whom? To whom?" - mir = Dative
- "Who or what?" - "den Kollegen" = Akkusativ
I hope this helps you in the future. :)
"Mir" is dative (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_pronouns#Personal_pronouns). Kollege is masculine so takes "den" in the accusative.