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the word " jemand" , why it may be written as " jemanden or jemandem " that's what I want to know in details .
the word " jemand" , why it may be written as " jemanden or jemandem " that's what I want to know in details .
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That is because of the grammatical cases: "Jemanden" is Akkusativ, while "Jemandem" is Dativ.
You have to learn which one to use with certain verbs.
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These are inflections of the indefinite pronoun "jemand" (somebody) in different grammatical cases. You need to look into the principles of case inflection in sentence construction in order to understand the specifics: Nominative case for subjects — direct/accusative objects or dative/genitive objects of verbs — the use of prepositions which govern the case over-ruling the case governance of verbs…
• Ich habe {jemanden}ᴬᴷᴷ gefragt.
direct accusative object of the verb "fragen"
• Ich habe {jemandem}ᴰᴬᵀ eine Frage gestellt.
indirect dative object of the verb "fragen"
• Ich habe eine Frage [ von {jemandem}ᴰᴬᵀ ] beantwortet.
dative case governed by the preposition "von"
• Der Gewinn ging [ an {jemanden}ᴬᴷᴷ ] [ aus {Berlin}ᴰᴬᵀ ] .
accusative case governed by the preposition "an" in the sense of "to"
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