English and German schools: pronouns 'uns' and 'ihnen'

Practising vocabulary, both known and new, is important for building language knowledge. Starting school in Germany is different from a child’s first day at school in England. Many German verbs are followed by direct objects or pronouns; two plural direct object pronouns are ‘uns' and 'sie'. Some German verbs use indirect or dative objects; two plural indirect object pronouns are 'uns' and 'ihnen'. Sometimes indirect object pronouns mean ‘to us’, ‘to them’, etc., but they can just mean ‘us’, ‘them’.