Dativ Adjektiven und Verben.

Präsentation zum Thema: "Dativ Adjektiven und Verben."—  Präsentation transkript:

1 Dativ Adjektiven und Verben

2 Dative Verbs Most verbs in German take objects in the accusative, but a few have objects in the dative. The dative object is usually a person. These are usually referred to as “dative verbs”.

3 Common Dative Verbs anworten (to answer) befehlen (to recommend)
begegnen (to meet) danken (to thank) dienen (to serve) fehlen (to be missing) folgen (to follow)

4 Continued gefallen (to be pleasing to) gehorchen (to obey)
gehören (to belong to) gelingen (to succeed) glauben (to believe) helfen (to help) Leid tun (to be sorry)

5 Continued passen (to fit, to suit) passieren (to happen)
raten (to advise) schmecken (to taste) verziehen (to pardon, to forgive) wehtun (to hurt) See Appendix #18 in the book for more

6 Dative Verbs Continued
With some German dative verbs the person or the thing liked is the subject of the sentence and the person who does the liking is in the dative case. Der Film gefällt meiner Mutter. Die Filmmusik hat ihr auch gefallen. In English it is the other way around.

7 Dative Verbs Continued
Some dative verbs take a dative object with people, but an accusative object with things or impersonal objects (es, etwas). Leon glaubt mir nicht. Leon glaubt es nicht. befehlen, danken, glauben, raten, verzeihen

8 Adjectives with the dative
The following are all adjectives that take the dative: ähnlich, dankbar, (un)möglich, teuer (un)angenehm, fremd, nahe, wert (un)bekannt, gleich, peinlich, (un)wichtig bewusst, (un)klar, recht böse, lieb, schuldig

9 Adjectives with the dative
Beispiele: Ich bin mir schuldig. Der Preis ist mir wert.