yaleyaleyale Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Can someone help me understand the use of the dative below? Dies ist der Anfang des Evangeliums von Jesus Christus, dem Sohn Gottes, In other languages would have expected this to be a nominative or a genitive. But why the dative here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 1:20 PM, yaleyaleyale said: Can someone help me understand the use of the dative below? Dies ist der Anfang des Evangeliums von Jesus Christus, dem Sohn Gottes, In other languages would have expected this to be a nominative or a genitive. But why the dative here? Expand Because "von Jesus Christus" is in the dative case, "Sohn Gottes" needs to be in the dative case as well because there needs to be agreement with the antecedent (reference word). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaleyaleyale Posted November 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 On 11/14/2019 at 9:01 PM, linguaholic said: Because "von Jesus Christus" is in the dative case, "Sohn Gottes" needs to be in the dative case as well because there needs to be agreement with the antecedent (reference word). Expand Ahh. I see. I mistakenly assumed that von took genitive. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 2:26 PM, yaleyaleyale said: Ahh. I see. I mistakenly assumed that von took genitive. thank you Expand yes, and I can't blame you for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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