18.6 For adverbial expressions of measurement or value:
Er wiegt schon einen Zentner.
He already weighs 100 pounds.Trier ist eine Reise wert.
Trier is worth a visit (lit. trip).18.7 In wishes and greetings:
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
Many congratulations!Guten Tag.
Hello/good day.For further wishes see^66 (pp. 195–201).
18.8 The verbs kosten and nennen require two accusative objects:
Sie nannte ihn ihren Liebling.
She called him her darling.Das kostet ihn eine Menge Geld.
That will cost him a lot of money.See 42.3b (p. 110).
19 The dative
The dative case is employed widely in both spoken and written German. It is used:19.1 To convey the indirect or dative object, expressed in English by word order (i.e. indirect
object first) or by ‘to’:
Sie zeigte uns den neuen Rock.
She showed us the new skirt./She showed the new skirt to us.Er hat seinen Kollegen das Problem erklärt.
He explained the problem to his colleagues.Ich gab es meinem Bruder.
I gave it to my brother.See^12 (pp. 17–18).
19.2 For the so-called dative of advantage, i.e. to indicate the person for whom the action of
the verb is done:
Kauf mir bitte etwas zu lesen.
Please buy me something to read.Kannst du uns die Tür aufmachen?
Can you open the door for us?Zieh ihr bitte den Mantel an.
Help her on with her coat, please.19
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