dative
noun /ˈdeɪtɪv/
/ˈdeɪtɪv/
(grammar- (in some languages
) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the indirect object of a verb or is connected with the indirect object用于某些语言 与格(名词、代词或形容词用作间接宾语或与间接宾语相关时的一种形式) - In the sentence, ‘I sent her a postcard’, the word ‘her’ is in the dative.
在 I sent her a postcard 一句中,her 一词处于与格。
词源late Middle English: from Latin (casus) dativus ‘(case) of giving’, from dat- ‘given’, from the verb dare. - In the sentence, ‘I sent her a postcard’, the word ‘her’ is in the dative.