#dative case

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Fuck you [fuses your dative and accusative clitics]

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Best type of dative case in Ancient Greek/καλύτερο είδος δοτικής στα Αρχαία Ελληνικά

Dativus finalis/δοτική του σκοπού

Dativus commŏdi(incommodi)/δοτική προσωπική (αντι)χαριστική

Dativus possessivus/δοτική προσωπική κτητική

Dativus ethicus/δοτική προσωπική ηθική

Dativus auctoris/δοτική προσωπική του ενεργούντος προσώπου

Dativus instrumenti/οργανική δοτική

Dativus modi/τροπική δοτική

Dativus mensurae/δοτική του μέτρου

Voting ended onMay 16, 2023

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Hello!! So we’ve made some Turkish dative exercises. If you want to test yourself, here’s a chance for you!

In the second exercise YOU should add suffixes to the nouns. Do not forget that the letter in the end of the word effects the suffixes.

In the third exercise, we gave you some English sentences for you to translate into Turkish. You should translate these sentences using the dative case for sure!

I hope you find these exercises useful and enjoy doing them! If you have any advice for us please comment below.

Here is the answer key of the exercises:

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German II: Accusative and Dative Review

The direct object in a sentence is in the Accusative case

Answers : The action was done to what?

Der changes to den, Die and Das stay the same

The personal pronouns are

ich- mich

du- dich

er- ihn

wir- uns

Sie and es do not change.

The indirect object in a sentence is in the Dative case

Answers: The action was done to whom or for whom?

Die changes to der, Der and Das change to dem

The personal  pronouns for this case are

ich- mir

du- dir

er/es- ihm

sie (she)- ihr

wir- uns

sie (they)- ihnen

Prepositions can be in the dative case or the accusative case

Durch, für, gegen, ohne, and um are accusative

aus, ausser, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, and zu are dative

[miss-manley]

Dative Case Turkish

The dative Case in Turkish is used to describe movement towards something and to indicate direct objects.

It is formed by adding the suffix -a, following a 2-way vowel harmony and adding a buffer consonant -y- when attached to a word that ends with a vowel. Consonant harmony often happens with words ending in /p, t, k, ç/

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Dat Adj

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German - Dative case

I’ve learnt quite a lot about the dative case by now so I thought to make a summary post. Good thing about German cases is that there’s only 4 of them. The bad thing is that they can be confusing. :D

Usage of the dative case - with the indirect object of the sentence. The direct object is the one in the accusative case, e.g. Ich sehe einen Hund. (I see a dog). When there is also an indirect object, someone or something that receives the object, then it is in the dative case.

Ich kaufe dem Kind einen Hund. - I buy a dog to the child.

Here the dog is still the object, and the child is the one who receives it.

The dative case can be used with places too, but you have to be careful as it depends on the preposition you’re using. Some prepositions need the accusative, others the dative. I wrote about the accusative prepositions previously. But first let’s see the dative forms:

Similarly to the accusative, only the preposition changes, but unlike there, it changes for all genders.

der -> dem die -> der das -> dem die (plural) -> den

So just remember the endings and add it to anything that needs to change its ending. Easy, right? :D

Ich gebe dem Mann einen Apfel. - I give the man an apple. Ich kaufe meiner Mutter Blumen. - I buy flowers to my mother. Welchem Kind gibst du den Ball? - Which child do you give the ball to? Er liest einer Katze ein Buch. - He reads a book to a cat. Ich kaufe meinen Eltern ein Haus. - I buy a house to my parents.

So far, so good! More explanation in the Duolingo lesson.

Similarly, the personal pronouns have a dative form:

ich -> mir du -> dir er -> ihm (this one might be easy to remember, because it’s like him) sie -> ihr wir -> uns ihr -> euch sie -> ihnen

Du gibst mir die Orange. - You give me the orange.

Another thing to note here is that this indirect object always comes before the direct object in the sentence, though I haven’t yet read that the other way around would be incorrect.

And now to the prepositions, which can work with people or places.

aus - from Ich komme aus dem Stadt. - I come from the town.

bei - near, at, with (kinda like by in English, but it can have various meanings) bei dem / beim (short form) Abendessen - at dinner bei dem Haus - next to / by / at the house bei mir - next to / by / with me

mit - with Ich spiele mit dem Ball. - I play with the ball.

nach - to, towards, after, like Ich gehe nach Hause - I’m going home (but this is kind of an exception) Es schmeckt nach Erdbeere - It tastes like strawberries Ich lese nach dem Abendessen - I read after dinner

seit - since Also can be used in different ways: Ich lerne seit 6 Jahren Englisch. - I’ve been learning English for 6 years. Ich lerne seit 2012 Englisch. - I’ve been learning English since 2012. Ich lerne Englisch, seit ich denken kann. - I’ve been learning English since I can think. (in this case, seit is a conjunction and the verb in the second part goes to the end of the sentence)

von - from, of, about Wir sprechen von dem / vom Großvater. - We talk about the grandfather. Er ist der Bruder von Karl. - He is Karl’s brother. Der Kaffee ist von diesem Mann. - The coffee is from this man.

zu - at, to Ich bin zu Hause. - I’m at home. (see nach Hause) But when you’re going to any other place but home, you use zu rather than nach: Ich gehe zur Schule. - I’m going to school.

in - in, at Ich bin im / in dem Restaurant. - I’m in the restaurant.

auf - on Es gibt einen Apfel auf dem Tisch. - There is an apple on the table.