Hello everyone, today we'll learn a very important topic in German: the Dative case! The Dative case shows "to whom?" or "to what?" an action is directed, much like "to whom" or "for whom" in English. We use it when giving something to someone, helping them, or doing something with someone. The biggest change occurs in the articles:
For example, der Mann (the man) becomes dem Mann (to the man). Die Frau (the woman) becomes der Frau (to the woman). Das Kind (the child) becomes dem Kind (to the child). As you can see, der and das change to dem, and die changes to der. Remember, Dative indicates the "receiver" of the action. It will get easier with practice!