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Lesson VII
Dative Case
Text pp. 59-64
Review: Genitive Case
• The genitive case is used to show possession
and is translated with “of.”
• Casa Marci est magna.
• The house of Marcus is big.
• Cibus servorum est parvus.
• The food of the slaves is small.
First
Person
Amabo
Second
Person
Third
Person
Ama bis
Ama bit
I will
love
You will
love
He/she/it
will love
Ama bimus
love
Ama bitis
Ya’ll will
love
Ama bunt
They will
love
Future Active Tense Review!
(p. 56 in text)
We will
Direct Object Review!
Accusative Case
• A direct object receives the action of the verb.
• A direct object answers the question what?
• The mother tells a story. (story=direct object)
Indirect Objects
Dative Case
• An indirect object answers the question to
whom? or for whom? an action is done.
• The mother tells the girl a story.
(girl=indirect object)
• The mother tells a story to the girl.
Find the Direct and Indirect Objects!
Remember: the DO tells “what” ,
the IO tells “to or for whom”
• The general gave the
soldiers an order.
• WHAT? An order
• TO WHOM? The
soldiers
• The farmer tells the girls
a story.
• WHAT? A story
• TO WHOM? The girls
• The farmer showed the
queen the land.
• WHAT? The land
• TO WHOM? The queen
Indirect Objects
• Indirect objects often follow verbs of GIVING,
SHOWING, or TELLING.
• Think of these verbs as “light bulb verbs.”
• When you see one in a sentence, a “light
bulb” should go off in your brain: I should look
for an indirect object!
Dative Case: Indirect Objects!
• In Latin, the dative case is used for indirect
objects. You do not use a Latin word for “to”
or “for.”
Case
Nom.
Gen.
Dative
Acc.
Abl.
Singular
Plural
-a
-ae
-ae
-am
-ā
-ae
-arum
-is
-as
-is
Case
Nom.
Gen.
Dative
Acc.
Abl.
Singular
-us
-i
-o
-um
-o
Plural
-i
-orum
-is
-os
-is
Indirect Objects
Dative Case
• The mother tells the girl a story.
(child=indirect object)
Mother=subject=nominative case
girl=indirect object=dative case
PUELLAE
Story=direct object=accusative case
The farmer shows the queen the food.
farmer=subject=
nominative case
food=direct object=
accusative case
Agricola reginae cibum monstrat.