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The Dative Case
The Dative Case
The dative case is used
primarily for the indirect
object.
The Dative case
The dative case/indirect object is usually
translated with the prepositions “to,” or “for.”
The helpful nemonic device is “Always bring
flowers to or for your date!”
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The dative case
In order to have an indirect object, the verb
must be one of “giving,” “showing,” or “telling,”
or some similar verb.
the dative case
Examples of the dative case as an indirect object:
vilicus mandata servīs dat.
The overseer gives orders to the slaves.
Sextus fabulam Corneliae narrabat.
Sextus was telling the story to Cornelia.
The dative case
The dative case can also be used with certain
impersonal verbs (e.g. licet, necesse est,
periculosum est).
puerīs licebat ad mediam noctem vigilare.
It was allowed for the boys to stay up until the
middle of the night.
the dative case
The dative case can also be used as the object
of certain intransitive verbs (e.g. apparēre,
appropinquāre).
Aulus Septimo in somnio apparuit.
Aulus appeared to Septimus in a dream.
pueri urbi appropinquāre parabant.
The boys were preparing to approach the city.
The dative case
Plausūs magistro tuo date!