Examples
They gave giftsto the sailors . They give waterto the plants . They gavethe sailors gifts. They givethe plants water. Jimmy has said prayersfor a pony for several years, now. Jimmy has prayedfor a pony for several years, now.
dative case plural dative cases
( grammar ) Case used to express direction towards anindirect object ,therecipient orbeneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English byto (when a recipient) orfor (when a beneficiary) with theobjective case .Thedirect object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usuallyprecedes the direct object and is not usually indicated withto orfor ;said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.case used to express direction towards an indirect object
Albanian:dhanore (sq) f
Arabic:حَالَة الْمَفْعُول لَهُ f ( ḥāla(t) al-mafʕūl lahu ) ,حَالَة مِنْ حَالَات النُّصْب f ( ḥāla(t) min ḥālāt an-nuṣb )
Armenian:տրական հոլով (hy) ( trakan holov ) ,տրական (hy) ( trakan )
Asturian:dativu m
Belarusian:дава́льны склон m ( daválʹny sklon ) ,дава́льны m ( daválʹny )
Bulgarian:да́телен паде́ж m ( dátelen padéž )
Carpathian Rusyn:датів m ( dativ )
Catalan:datiu (ca) m
Chechen:лург дожар ( lurg dožar )
Chinese:
Mandarin:Dữ cách ／ Dữ cách (zh) ( yǔgé )
Czech:dativ (cs) m třetí pád m
Dutch:datief (nl) m derde naamval (nl) m dativus (nl) m
Erzya:максыця ( maksića )
Esperanto:dativo (eo)
Estonian:daativ (et)
Faroese:hvørjumfall (fo) n
Finnish:datiivi (fi)
French:datif (fr) m complément d’objet indirect (fr) m C.O.I. m ( incompatible numbering traditions ) troisième déclinaison quatrième déclinaison
Galician:caso dativo m
Georgian:მიცემითი ბრუნვა (ka) ( micemiti brunva ) ,მიცემითი (ka) ( micemiti ) ,დატივი ( daṭivi ) ( rare, linguistics )
German:Dativ (de) m Wemfall (de) m dritter Fall m Wem-Fall (de) m
Greek:δοτική πτώση f ( dotikí ptósi )
Ancient:δοτική f ( dotikḗ )
Hungarian:részes eset (hu) részeshatározó eset dativus (hu)
Icelandic:þágufall (is) n
Indonesian:datif (id)
Irish:tabharthach (ga) m
Italian:caso dativo m
Japanese:Dữ cách (ja) ( よかく ,yokaku )
Kashubian:datiw (csb) m dôwôcz (csb) m
Korean:여격 (ko) ( yeogyeok )
Kyrgyz:барыш (ky) ( barış )
Lao:please add this translation if you can
Latin:(casus )dativus m
Latvian:datīvs (lv) m
Lithuanian:naudininkas (lt) m
Livonian:datīv
Malay:kes kasus ketiga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:өгөх оршихын тийн ялгал ( ögöx oršixyn tiin jalgal ,literally“ dative-locative case ” ) ,өгөхийн тийн ялгал ( ögöxiin tiin jalgal ,literally“ dative case ” ) ( uncommon )
Norwegian:dativ (no) m sidefall n
Polish:celownik (pl) m inan
Portuguese:caso dativo m dativo (pt) m
Romanian:caz dativ n dativ (ro) n
Russian:да́тельный паде́ж (ru) m ( dátelʹnyj padéž ) ,да́тельный (ru) m ( dátelʹnyj )
Scottish Gaelic:tuiseal tabhartach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:датив m
Roman:dativ (sh) m
Slovak:tretí pád m datív (sk) m
Slovene:dajalnik (sl) m
Spanish:caso dativo m dativo (es) m
Swedish:dativ (sv) c
Telugu:చతుర్థీ విభక్తి ( caturthī vibhakti )
Thai:สัมปทานการก (th) ( sǎm-bpà-taan-gaa-rók )
Turkish:-e hâli (tr) datif (tr) yönelme (tr) -e hâli/durumu
Ukrainian:дава́льний відмі́нок m ( daválʹnyj vidmínok ) ,дава́льний (uk) m ( daválʹnyj )
Vietnamese:tặng cách
Volapük:kimefal datif (vo)
Welsh:dadiol m derbyniol (cy) m
Zazaki:halê çerğbıyayışi
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