Typical German speaker mistakes in English (31)

I often hear these mistakes made by German speakers who are learning English.

They say:  I explained her the problem.

Remember, in English we explain something to someone.  Therefore the ‘to’ is missing in this sentence.

There is also a problem with the word order.

Correction:  I explained the problem to her.

Further examples:

He explained the situation to me.

They explained the rules of the game to him.

We explained the reasons for our decision to them.

 

Have fun learning English!

Louise

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