yaleyaleyale 0 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 post Share on other sites
linguaholic 148 Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 7 hours ago, 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? 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 post Share on other sites
yaleyaleyale 0 Posted November 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 17 hours ago, 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). Ahh. I see. I mistakenly assumed that von took genitive. thank you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linguaholic 148 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 yes, and I can't blame you for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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