Subject (Nom.) Direct Objects (Acc.) Indirect Objects (Dat.)

ich I mich me mir (to) me

du you (fam.) dich you dir (to) you

er he ihn him ihm (to) him

sie she sie her ihr (to) her

es it es it ihm (to) it

wir we uns us uns (to) us

ihr you (pl.) euch you euch (to) you

sie they sie them ihnen (to) them

Sie you (pol.) Sie you Ihnen (to) you

antworten to answer (a person) The following four need an object as

a subject:

schenken to give schaden to be harmful to

bringen to bring schmecken to taste good to

danken to thank stehen to suit

zuh?ren to listen to passen to fit

geh?ren to belong to The following two need the subject and

object

inverted from the original English construction:

glauben to believe

helfen to help

gratulieren to congratulate fehlen to be missing to

begegnen to meet gefallen to be pleasing to