TubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “dative case”
Hear “dative case” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for dative case
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dative case with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 0 YouTube examples
- Definition summary
- (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.
No examples found yet
No TubeTalk examples are available for "dative case" yet. Try a related pronunciation target or check back as the index grows.
A Deep Dive Into “dative case”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (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.
Practice Nearby Words
dative, indirect object, ditransitive, ditransitive verb, transitive verb, goal, infinitive of purpose, directions, to-infinitive, direct verb, effect, full infinitive, present indicative, intradirective verb, perfect infinitive, ergative verb, middle verb, infinitive, orienter, determiner, inducee, assign, transitive, drink, benefiter, ing-form, want-to, to-come, affecter, divining, indicter, aim-crier, donner, locater, yup, you, himself, dat, behoove, game, think, absolutive, accusative, subjective, agentive, ergative, genitive, locative, nominative, possessive, inflection, partitive, affix, attributive, pronominal, suffix, thunk, adjectival, adverbial, benefactive, clitics, demonstratives, experiencer, infinitival, infinitives, inflexion, noun, nouns, participial, participle, plural, plurals, prefix, prefixes, preposed, preposition, pronouns, aac, aba, ablative, ablative absolute, abridgment, abstract, acc, accidence, accident, accidents, accordingly, accusatively, accused, acne, acting, action, actor, acts, ad hoc, addition, adjudge
Similar Sounds
detects, dedicates, detox, datives, dtv, dak, dta, decos, sativus, sotto voce