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
[edit | edit source]dātun = to give
skaitātun = to read
gremtun = to sing
peisātun = to write
pippelis = bird
grēma = sing, hymn
wāiklis = boy
kaūlan = bone
pēismen = letter
Sentences
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]In this lesson you learned dative nouns, pronouns, and verbs. You also saw your first question.
Noun Endings
[edit | edit source]Masculine
-s: u, amans
-is: ju, jamans
Feminine
-a: ai, amans
-e: ei, imans
-i: ei, imans
Neuter
-an: u, ammans
Pronouns
[edit | edit source]mennei
tebbei
tenesmu
tenessei
tenesmā
nūmans
jūmans
tenēimans
Verbs
[edit | edit source]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