Dative Grammar 11/10/25

• Primarily Indirect object 

• Ich kaufe dem Freund eine Karte  

• Subject-noun  Verb  Indirect object (Dative)  Direct object (accusative)

Question Words: (only question word to change is wer?) 

der-  Wer?- Who— subject (Wer ist das?)

den- Wen?- Who— direct object  (Wen besuchst du?)

dem- Wem? to/for whom — indirect object (Wem kaufst du Blumen?)

11/18/25

Dative Prepositions:

aus- out of, from (location more)

auBer-besides, except

bei- with, near, at

mit- with

nach- after

seit- since

von- from, of

zu- to, at

gegenüber- across from