Prussian/Dative Nouns

The Dative case is for the indirect object of the sentence. (The dog gives the newspaper to the man.) It is also used for prepositions, but almost all Prussian prepositions take the accusative case. This will be a short lesson. Vocabulary dātun = to give skaitātun = to read gremtun = to sing peisātun = to write pippelis = bird grēma = sing, hymn wāiklis = boy kaūlan = bone pēismen = letter Sentences As dāma tebbei wāblin. = I give you the apple. Pippelis gremja wāiklju grēman. The bird sings a song to the boy. Notice that there is no to. The to is included in the dative noun. Tāns skaitāi nūmans lāiskans. = He reads the books to us. Peisāi tū tenessei pēismen? = Are you writing her a letter. In Prussian, there are no separate verbs for present continuous. You write and you are writing are the same. Also, pēismen is a neuter word with the not so common -en ending. Tenēi dāst sunnjamans kaūlans. = They give the dogs bones. Summary In this lesson you learned dative nouns, pronouns, and verbs. You also saw your first question. Noun Endings Masculine -s: u, amans -is: ju, jamans Feminine -a: ai, amans -e: ei, imans -i: ei, imans Neuter -an: u, ammans Pronouns mennei tebbei tenesmu tenessei tenesmā nūmans jūmans tenēimans Verbs skaitātun As skaitāi Tū skaitāi Tāns skaitāi Mes skaitāimai Jūs skaitāitei Tenēi skaitāi dātun As dāma Tū dāsei Tāns dāst Mes dāmai Jūs dāstei Tenēi dāst gremtun As gremja Tū gremja Tāns gremja Mes gremjamai Jūs gremjatei Tenēi gremja peisātun As peisāi Tū peisāi Tāns peisāi Mes peisāimai Jūs peisāitei Tenēi peisāi