Dative Syntax Review

• Indirect object (with a verb of "giving")
• Puer rosâs puellae dat.
• Reference: advantage and disadvantage (in the opinion of, to the benefit/disadvantage of…)
• Rosa puellae pulcherrima est.
• Rosa puellae pessima est.
• Agent with gerundive
• Rosae puellae puerô dandae sunt.
• After special adjectives
• Kind, friendly, dear
• Pleasing, hostile, near
• Aptus, amicus, inimicus, similis, dissimilis, fidelis, carus, par, utilis
• Puer puellae amicus rosâs dat.
• After special verbs
• Credo, ignosco, impero, noceo, nubo, parco, pareo, persuadeo, placeo, servio, studeo
• Puer puellae favet.
• Pater filiô imperat ut puellae nubat.
• After compound verbs (many verbs compounded with ad, ante, con, in, inter, ob, post, prae, pro, sub, super)
• Obsequor, adsum, advenio, praesto, praepono, subrideo
• Puer puellae occurrit.
• Puella puerô subridebat.

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