Re: What case is the inverse of the dative?
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 4, 2008, 18:33 |
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On 04/10/2008, Gregory Gadow <techbear@...> wrote:
> In the sentence, "Sally gave the book TO JOHN", "to John" would use the
> dative case as it marks the recipient. I want a case that marks the giver,
> as in "John got the book FROM SALLY."
The first thing that came to my mind was "ablative".
Not specifically related to "giver", but then, "dative" is not
specifically about "recipients", either.
Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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