In the dative case the personal pronouns are: Sie hat ihm ein Andenken von Berlin geschenkt. – She gave (to) him a souvenir from Berlin. She is giving a souvenir to him, so 'to him' is the ...

The German word for fir tree is der Tannenbaum, which is the title of a well-known carol. Look out for the two dative prepositions in the lyrics.

In total there are four cases in German: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive (some claim that the genitive is fading out, but I am clasping onto it firmly with both hands, for it is the German ...