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Lesson 16A2

Object Pronouns: Accusative & Dative

कर्म सर्वनाम: Accusative और Dative

In Hindi, 'मुझे' is often used for both the direct-object and indirect-object roles. German splits these into two separate pronoun sets — accusative and dative — and also fixes their order when both appear together.

Grammar Comparison

व्याकरण तुलना

Two complete pronoun sets

German

Er sieht mich. (accusative) vs. Er hilft mir. (dative)

Hindi

वह मुझे देखता है। बनाम वह मेरी मदद करता है।

Hindi often uses the same form 'मुझे' in both places, whether it's a direct or indirect object. German keeps the accusative object pronouns (mich, dich, ihn, sie, es, uns, euch, sie) separate from the dative object pronouns (mir, dir, ihm, ihr, ihm, uns, euch, ihnen) — you need to know whether the verb takes a direct object (accusative) or an indirect object (dative) to pick the right form.

Order of two pronoun objects: accusative first, dative second

German

Ich gebe es ihm. (I give it to him — accusative pronoun es comes before dative pronoun ihm)

Hindi

मैं उसे यह देता हूँ। — Hindi word order here is relatively flexible

When both objects are pronouns, German fixes the order: the accusative pronoun comes before the dative pronoun (Ich gebe es ihm) — the reverse of the noun-order rule (a dative noun comes before an accusative noun: Ich gebe dem Mann das Buch). Hindi has no such strict rule for pronoun order, so treat this as a German-specific rule to memorize: with two pronouns, accusative always leads.

Vocabulary

शब्दावली

GermanPronunciationHindiEnglish
michmikhमुझे (accusative)mujheme (accusative)
dichdikhतुम्हें (accusative)tumheñyou (accusative, informal singular)
ihneenउसे (पुल्लिंग, accusative)usehim / it (accusative, masculine)
siezeeउसे (स्त्रीलिंग, accusative)useher / it (accusative, feminine)
esesइसे (नपुंसकलिंग, accusative)iseit (accusative, neuter)
unsoonsहमें (accusative और dative)hameñus (accusative & dative)
euchoykhतुम सबको (accusative और dative)tum sabkoyou all (accusative & dative, informal plural)
mirmeerमुझे (dative)mujheto me (dative)
dirdeerतुम्हें (dative)tumheñto you (dative, informal singular)
ihmeemउसे (पुल्लिंग/नपुंसकलिंग, dative)useto him / to it (dative, masculine/neuter)
ihreerउसे (स्त्रीलिंग, dative)useto her (dative, feminine)
ihnenEE-nenउन्हें (dative)unheñto them (dative)
IhnenEE-nenआपको (dative, औपचारिक)āpkoto you (dative, formal)