Take the 2-minute tour ×  I'm told a way to recognize the
appropriate case is the following:  Ich gab Ihm einen Kuss =
Dativ; wem gab ich einen Kuss= Ihm  I'm having a hard time
understanding how this helps. It actually helps when you know
the correct answer! Otherwise how you would know you should ask
"wem gab ich einen Kuss" and not "wen gab ich einen Kuss", for
instance?  share|improve this question add comment  2 Answers
up vote 5 down vote accepted  I'm guessing this advice ist aimed
at native speakers trying to learn the concept of cases and
their names.  share|improve this answer no... you can find many
books and web sources designed for non natives learners of
German. –  Emanuel Jun 11 '12 at 22:02 add comment  If you don't
know that the correct question for the sentence  Ich gab ihm
einen Kuss.   Wem gab ich einen Kuss?  then it doesn't help you,
as you pointed out already.  If you do though, it helps in that
it is much easier determining the case on basis of the
interrogative particle "wem" than on