Explore: Dative Case

In grammar, the dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the recipient

The dative construction is a grammatical way of constructing a sentence using the dative case. A sentence is also said to be in dative construction if

of an action. In Classical Greek, for example, the dative case is used as the instrumental case. This can be seen in the sentence "..με κτείνει δόλῳ

three cases, which are simplified forms of the nominative, accusative (including functions formerly handled by the dative) and genitive cases. They are

nominative case is used. The term objective case is generally preferred by modern English grammarians, where it supplanted Old English's dative and accusative

prepositional case, especially if preceded by the definite article. In traditional grammars, and in scholarly treatments of the early language, the term dative case

incorporated in a dative case. In Latin this type of dative is called the dativus commodi. An example of a language with a benefactive case is Basque, which

locative case merged into other cases (often genitive or dative) in form and/or function, but some daughter languages retained it as a distinct case. It is

objects. For definite direct objects, the definite accusative case is used. The dative case tells the place to which. Thus it has roughly the meaning of

appeared: The experiencer case role (dative in many languages) The recipient case role (dative in many languages) The possessor case role (genitive in many