Cadbury Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hi everyone,sorry if this is a basic question but I am having problems getting my head about sentence structure. My question is based on the structure of this question: Kannst du mir ein Buch geben?What rule is that requires that du and mir be next to each other, instead of kannst du ein Buch mir geben?thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 In this case, kannst du ein Buch mir geben is completely wrong. If there is a direct object and an indirect object, the indirect object (mir) will be first. "Ein Buch" is the direct object and will, therefore, be placed after the indirect object (mir). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Thanks for that! You have helped me a great deal. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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