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DarcX
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So, like most languages with a case system, some verbs take a dative object instead of an accusative object?
3 years ago
Selcen_Ozturk
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yes. actually usually if a verb takes a dative object, it can also take an accusative one and usually dative is for a person and accusative is for an object (this is often also the case in German)
- Ben parayı size ödüyorum (I am paying the money to you)
- Elmayı sana veriyorum (I am giving the apple to you)
of course some can take only one object
- ben sana bakıyorum (I am looking at you)
- ben elmaya bakıyorum (I am looking at the apple)
- bankaya gidiyorum (I am going to the bank)
etc
3 years ago
DarcX
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Yeah, I suppose I meant to ask whether or not for some verbs the direct object is used in the dative case, as exemplified in the second set of sentences you gave me.
3 years ago
Haesselmaas
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Wait, I thought the -na ending (like bana) meant "for ....".
Why isn't "he is paying for me" correct and - just curious - how would one write that correctly?
8 months ago
