Examples
They gave gifts to the sailors . They give water to the plants . They gave the sailors gifts. They give the plants water. Jimmy has said prayers for a pony for several years, now. Jimmy has prayed for a pony for several years, now.
dative case plural dative cases
( grammar ) Case used to express direction towards an indirect object , the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case . The direct 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 usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for ; 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: 與格 ／ 与格 (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: 与格 (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) hâli/durumu, -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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