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Aug 06, 2012 - 12:37 AM
Greg, whenever you use fuer, that always use the Akkusative (direct object) tense. I'm not sure what you mean by plurals using Dative - the Dative would be used whenever it is either the indirect object, is not moving, or has a preposition that requires Dative ie mit or zu (plurals can be Dative or Akkusative)
Aug 06, 2012 - 12:38 PM
So you are saying that whenever "fuer Ihren Gerichten" appears as the answer, it is in fact incorrect. Richtig? It should always be "fuer Ihre Gerichte".
Sep 07, 2012 - 06:16 PM
Hmmm... I don't understand why "for your dishes" should be "für Ihren Gerichten". It seems to me that it should be "für Ihre Gerichte" -- accusative plural of both "your" and "dishes".
Sep 07, 2012 - 06:25 PM
However, in the *dative* plural, according to a dictionary I just consulted, all nouns end in "n". So, in the sentence "Is there milk in these dishes?", the answer given "Gibt es Milch in diesen Gerichten" appears to be correct. However, I don't believe we've been taught about this noun form explicitly to this point (though we've seen the plural dative for, for example, feminine nouns whose plural ends in "n"). At least, that's my current understanding.