DATIVE CASE Flashcards
In general, when the dative is used of person, it speaks about the ________ (or _____) the action; when it is used of things, it addresses the _____ in which an act occurs.
one(s) concerned about; affected by; framework
Note this is the definition of the case within the eight-case system, and might be called the “true dative” within the five-case system.
What three cases (within the eight-case system) are combined into the dative in the five-case system?
dative, locative and instrumental
The instrumental idea involves _____ and generally answers the question _____.
means; How?
The locative notion involves _____ and answers the question _____.
place; Where?
Within the five-case system, the dative case may be defines as the case of _____, _____ (pure dative), _____ (locative), and _____ (instrumental).
personal interest; reference/respect; position; means
The dative indirect object is that to or for which the _____ is performed, and will only occur with _____.
action of the verb; a transitive verb
Which category of dative is “far and away the most common of the dative uses”?
dative indirect object
What are the two keys to identifying a dative indirect object?
- the verb must be transitive, and
2. the dative can be translated with “to” or “for”
Lexically, the kind of transitive verbs that take dative indirect objects are generally those that, in the strict sense, _____.
move the direct object from one place to another
taken from footnote 13 on p. 141
The dative of interest indicates the person (or, rarely, thing) _____.
interested in the verbal action
The dative of advantage (under the umbrella of d. of interest) has a _____ idea.
“to” or “for”
The dative of disadvantage (under the umbrella of d. of interest) has _____ idea.
an “against”
The dative of reference/respect is that in reference to which something is _____. An author will use this dative to _____ that would otherwise _____.
presented as true; qualify a statement; typically not be true
