"Wen mag der Hersteller?"

Translation: Who does the producer like?

[saucysalmon55]

I can safely say I've never heard anyone phrase a question with "whom+verb." "Whom likes the producer" looks and sounds completely wrong.

[zara2404]

Daft question but does Producer mean movie producer or something like a farmer or factory employee?

[Zzzzz...]

It means 'a manufacturer.'

[savchenko91]

May i say 'does anyone like the producer?'

[kyky]

That would be "Wer mag den Hersteller?"

[savchenko91]

Ohhhh thanks a lot

[surajramjee]

why is the question in the dative form?

[duoderSie]

It' accusative form. "Wen" not "wem"

[kimeraweb]

Sorry but I am confused now. If it is accusative, why it is using "der" instead "den"?

Thank you.

[savchenko91]

'Der hersteller' ist nominativ, 'wen' ist accusative :-)

[kimeraweb]

Ah, alles klar, "wen" ist akk nur :)

Vielen dank!

[kyky]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whom

[mcscom]

So what would you say for "Who likes the producer?"

[MarcLager]

"Wer mag den Hersteller?" (I think!)

[kyky]

correct :)

[MarkDuin]

Thanks for the explanation, MarcLager, I was very confused by this sentence!

[Thiagaraj_M]

Thkq! The google translate gives it all wrong..
It gives "Who likes the producer?" for both the sentences.

[GregHullender]

It's important not to expect very much from Google Translate. On easy sentences, it's usually okay, but for the ones you struggle with, it usually lets you down.

[PaigeBreis]

You should report that! I'm pretty sure google translate has a report function so you can fix such things.

[Austin678213]

I almost put who likes the producer in English but caught myself.

[erinwall]

Nominative: wer = who
Accusative: wen = whom
Dative: wem = to whom
Genitive: wessen = whose
See: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wer

[AnthonyStannard]

"Whom likes the manufacturer?" was accepted but this seems to mean something different. Maybe my English is wrong (likely) but this seems grammatically incorrect in English as well as meaning something different to the German

[CMKOLLER1]

Who likes the producer - is correct.

[margaretsm352138]

It seems that Duo Lingo writers don't know that we no longer use the word "whom". Although correct it is now "old English"

[VanessaJ101]

I agree with you in the case of accusative sentences, but it is still used for dative things. To whom it may concern.... etc.

[Martin888292]

It's not 'old English'. Many people use whom and, indeed, many sentences make more sense when using the correct grammatical forms. Using 'whom' will help you on your journey learnin g German.