"I am afraid of your wife."

Translation: Vaší manželky se bojím.

[e.m.anderson1991]

I don't understand why "wife" is genitive in this case rather than accusative.

[VladaFu]

because the verb "bát se" requires the direct object in genitive. After all, you are afraid OF something even in English (just a coincidence).

[e.m.anderson1991]

Thanks! I think I'm just stuck in "genitive is possessive" so I keep forgetting that it's also the case of objects of transitive verbs >.

[VladaFu]

It also absorbed the PIE ablative case so also the direction from is also often expressed with genitive.

[Link-D]

Hello!
I am wondering why "Bojím se tví ženy" is not accepted — I can think of two reasons: would "Bojím se vaší ženy" be okay, or would it be that "manželky" should be used here instead of "ženy"?
Thanks in advance!

[VladaFu]

It must be tvé, genitive of tvá.