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Dative Plural

Regular -ам/-ям, plural recipients and experiencers, к/по, and oblique numeral phrases

form dative plural on regular and irregular plural stems use plural recipients, communication targets, and experiencers build plural к and по phrases recognise that oblique numerals require a dative plural noun rather than a genitive count form

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Before you start

Prerequisites
Complete Module 2.09 first
Estimated time
50 minutes
Lesson steps
10

Deliberately not taught here

  • Only the most useful oblique numeral forms are introduced for noun control; systematic numeral declension remains separate.
Small steps

What you will learn

  1. The general endings -ам and -ям Dative plural is highly regular once the plural stem is known.
  2. Hard plural stems in -ам Hard-stem masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns converge on -ам.
  3. Soft and irregular plural stems in -ям The ending is regular; plural stem shape and stress carry the lexical information.
  4. Multiple recipients Dative plural marks a set of recipients; the transferred theme keeps its own case and number.
  5. Communication and governed dative verbs The singular verb frames extend directly to plural targets.
  6. Plural experiencers and нравится The experiencer becomes dative plural; the experienced or liked thing keeps its own syntax.
  7. Plural age, necessity, and distributive по Dative plural marks the group; по can distribute an age, object, or allocation across its members.
  8. К and по with plural nouns Plural stems combine regularly with dative after approach, path, standard, and domain frames.
  9. Oblique numeral phrases use dative plural Once a numeral phrase is itself dative, the noun is plural dative rather than the nominative count form or genitive plural shortcut.
  10. Dative plural assessment Retrieve the plural stem first, then attach -ам/-ям and check the governing frame.
Mastery

Ready means you can...

  • form dative plural on regular and irregular plural stems
  • use plural recipients, communication targets, and experiencers
  • build plural к and по phrases
  • recognise that oblique numerals require a dative plural noun rather than a genitive count form
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