Get to know Dative better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like oblique. In Dutch this translates to datief.
Dative meaning
- Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
- In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
- Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
Synonyms of Dative
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Using Dative
- The main meaning on this page is: Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. | In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege. | Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
- Useful related words include: dative case, oblique, oblique case.
- Possible Dutch translations are: datief.
- In the example corpus, dative often appears in combinations such as: the dative, dative case, genitive dative.
Context around Dative
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dative
- In this selection, "dative" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, english, name, horse, case, hire and ada stand out and add context to how "dative" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the dative case and a distinct dative case in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dative" sits close to words such as abrogation, agnew and airman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dative
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Here, Jacob is an indirect dative. (6 words)
Adjective endings also change in the dative case. (8 words)
All of the articles change in the dative case. (9 words)
They do, however, show that Sir John Schaw had not made a will before his death, and consequently, as an alternative, a testament dative and inventory were produced, as well as an eik (a supplement to the inventory). (38 words)
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch(e) (dative: the book is lying on the table), but Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch (accusative: I put the book onto the table). (31 words)
Eastern Armenian also uses the dative case to mark the time of an event, in the same way English uses the preposition at, as in Meet me at nine o' clock. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, "him" goes back to the Old English dative him (accusative was hine), and "her" goes back to the dative hire (accusative was hīe).
However, in a few cases, such as ad /at/ 'name' (dative ada), the underlying form is retained in the spelling (cf. at /at/ 'horse', dative ata).
The dative case also survives, albeit rarely, in the ethic dative, used to express one's interest in a matter.
They do, however, show that Sir John Schaw had not made a will before his death, and consequently, as an alternative, a testament dative and inventory were produced, as well as an eik (a supplement to the inventory).
A colloquial (non-standard) and rarely used way to form the passive voice for dative verbs is the following: Ich kriege geholfen, or: Ich bekomme geholfen, literally: "I get helped".
A different transformation raised embedded subjects into main clause subject position in sentences such as "John seems to have gone"; and yet a third reordered arguments in the dative alternation.
Adjective endings also change in the dative case.
All of the articles change in the dative case.
Also, the final "s" in all Dative forms has been dropped.
As in English, there are forms for nominative case ( subject pronouns ), oblique case ( object pronouns ), and genitive case ( possessive pronouns ); in addition, third-person pronouns distinguish accusative and dative.
Baltic languages Both Lithuanian and Latvian have a distinct dative case in the system of nominal declensions.
Below, it is used in the other case that it is allowed, with a dative plural companion.
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch(e) (dative: the book is lying on the table), but Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch (accusative: I put the book onto the table).
Eastern Armenian also uses the dative case to mark the time of an event, in the same way English uses the preposition at, as in Meet me at nine o' clock.
Finnish Finnish does not have a separate dative case.
First and second –īus genitive adjectives Nine first and second declension adjectives are irregular in the genitive and the dative in all genders.
Here, Jacob is an indirect dative.
However, since the German dative is marked in form, it can also be put after the accusative: Ich schickte das Buch dem Mann(e).
However, the allative case can fulfill essentially the same role as dative, beyond its primary meaning of directional movement (that is, going somewhere or approaching someone).
However, the other case endings (-e dative, -i accusative) are sometimes used, or the roots may be agglutinated in the nominative, with no separating vowel.
Common combinations with dative
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: