"Sie hat mir eine Tasse Tee gebracht."

Translation: She brought me a cup of tea.

[fleeny]

a very English thing to do in a crisis !

[aquilogy8]

i see "mir" is in dative as indirect object right? does that mean "eine Tasse Tee" is in accusative case since it would seem to be the direct object?

[deactivated user]

Correct. To whom is the cup brought? Mir. What is brought to you? Eine Tasse Tee.

[mm_.a]

I have no one to bring me tea :(

[JudyBeegle]

Why not: "She has brought me a cup of tea."

[Drj5j]

Exactly my question! This is a lesson on the perfect tense. "She has brought me a cup of tea" is present perfect, while the accepted answer, "She brought me a cup of tea," is past tense. What gives?

[OldMate2]

Both should be accepted in terms of the English language. In German, however, the simple past form is rarely spoken, they speak of the past more often than not in the Perfekt form.

[BenYoung84]

She has brought me a teacup wasn't accepted. I'm reporting it.

[Kags]

But "a tea cup" would be "eine Teetasse", not "eine Tasse Tee" ... an entirely different thing (it may not even contain tea!)

[rfrly]

Would "She has given me a cup of tea" work here too?

[deactivated user]

give = geben, bring = bringen. So while the result may be the same (you have a cup of tea) it would describe a different action.

[MichaelCarew]

This is the same as my answer.

[RobertoMon365886]

You'd better start reviewing those sentences related to vessels and thier meanings.

[merilingo0]

it seems in german there is some notion of " completed " action using PP

[BenHeynen]

She had brought me a cup of tea - marked wrong

[BenYoung84]

had is hatte

[RobertHJMa]

"She has brought me a cup of tea

[JiaYu2]

Duo doesn't know 'a cuppa tea' :(