Hello everyone! Today, we'll learn mit, a crucial German word meaning "with." The most important rule is that mit always takes the Dativ case. This means any noun or pronoun that follows mit must be in its Dativ form.
For example, when going with a friend, you say: "Ich gehe mit meinem Freund." Here, Freund (friend) is masculine, so it takes the possessive meinem in Dativ. Similarly, "Ich fahre mit dem Bus" (by bus) uses the masculine Dativ article dem. For pronouns, "Ich spreche mit dir" shows du (you) becomes dir in Dativ.
Always remember this link between mit and Dativ! A little practice will make it second nature.