The Dative and Accusative forms of the pronoun are identical. Him may be a direct object - Shoot him! - or an indirect object - Give him the book.
Him is direct object
Clarification: In English vocabulary, the difference between the direct object and the indirect object form is insignificant; they are the same word.
There are only two forms of personal pronouns in English: subjective and objective:
I/me, you/you, he/him, she/her, it/it, we/us, they/them.
(Note that the expressions "dative" and "accusative" do no apply to English grammar. English and Dutch are derived from Old LOW German and have lost the noun-declension feature--the "case system". Germanic languages derived from Old HIGH German still maintain an elaborate case system, as do the slavic languages, Latin, and others.)
A direct or indirect object is a part of a sentence. A single word in isolation is neither a direct or indirect object. However, most nouns can be used in a sentence as either a direct or indirect object.
Direct- food Indirect- dog
I gave my dog a bone ('my dog' = indirect object; 'a bone' = direct object). They called me a taxi. (taxi - direct object, me- indirect object)
Direct object: his first film. There is no indirect object.
In the sentence "Your visit to the museum was educational", "visit" is the direct object. An indirect object would typically receive the direct object, such as in the sentence "I gave her a gift" where "her" is the indirect object receiving the direct object "gift".
"You" can be either a direct or indirect object: It is a direct object in "I want to kiss you." It is an indirect object in "Henry is going to give you the tickets."
The direct object is "you"; the indirect object (I believe) is "this".
A direct or indirect object is a part of a sentence. A single word in isolation is neither a direct or indirect object. However, most nouns can be used in a sentence as either a direct or indirect object.
Direct- food Indirect- dog
I gave my dog a bone ('my dog' = indirect object; 'a bone' = direct object). They called me a taxi. (taxi - direct object, me- indirect object)
This is how you can distinguish/recognize the indirect object from the direct object.The indirect object always goes before the direct object. (direct object is bold / indirect subject is italics)I gave Jim the book.The indirect object can be changed into a phrase beginning with to.I gave the book to Jim
Direct object: his first film. There is no indirect object.
indirect object
In the sentence "Your visit to the museum was educational", "visit" is the direct object. An indirect object would typically receive the direct object, such as in the sentence "I gave her a gift" where "her" is the indirect object receiving the direct object "gift".
Yes. In fact, a sentence must have a direct object in order to have an indirect object. (Note, however, that some consider the subject of a sentence in the passive voice to be an "implicit" indirect object, because it the sentence is changed to the active voice, the subject in the passive voice will often become an indirect object in the active voice.)
indirect object
The direct object is 'the lake'; the indirect object is 'us'.