yaleyaleyale 0 Report post Posted November 14 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linguaholic 146 Report post Posted November 14 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yaleyaleyale 0 Report post Posted November 15 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linguaholic 146 Report post Posted November 16 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
