Man tut das nicht.
You don’t do that./One does not do that.
Man sagt, dass Paris romantisch ist.
They say that Paris is romantic.
Occasionally,mancan also appear as a direct or indirect object. Its accus-
ative and dative forms are einenandeinem:
Acc. Manche Ärzte behandeln einenwie ein Kind.
Some doctors treat you/people like children.
Dat. Was sie einemalles verkaufen wollen!
The things they try to sell you/people!
Referring to groups of people– alle, viele
The pronounsalle‘all, everyone’ and viele‘many’ are normally used to
refer to a group of people:
Nom. Alle haben gelacht.
Everyone laughed.
Acc. Sie mochte alle.
She liked all of them.
Dat. Er redete mit vielen.
He talked to many of them.
Note that alleandvieletake the same plural endings as the pronoun
dieser(see page 37).
Referring to things and ideas only – alles, etwas andnichts
Some pronouns in English and German refer to things and ideas only.
The most important are alles ‘everything’, etwas ‘something’,nichts
‘nothing’:
Alles war zu teuer.
Everything was too expensive.
Mach doch etwas!
Do something!
Sie glaubt an nichts.
She doesn’t believe in anything.
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