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Dative Plural
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Dative Plural
One plural target pattern, plus regular oblique numeral agreement
One plural target pattern, plus regular oblique numeral agreement
Before you start
- Prerequisites
- Module 3.09
- Estimated time
- 45 minutes
- Lesson steps
- 10
Deliberately not taught here
- Boundary: All genders share one long-adjective plural pattern. Difficult plural noun stems remain lexical noun material, while the adjective ending stays regular.
Small steps
What you will learn
- The dative plural profile Plural recipients, experiencers, targets, and reference points take -ым/-им on long adjectives.
- Choosing -ым or -им The diagnostic families work across the plural oblique paradigm.
- Multiple recipients and beneficiaries Transfer and communication frames retain the same recipient-theme architecture in the plural.
- Plural experiencers Dative plural presents a group as experiencers of states, needs, evaluations, or preferences.
- Targets with к К + dative plural marks orientation or movement toward multiple people, objects, or reference points.
- Routes, standards, and distribution with по Plural по + dative frames cover movement over multiple paths, conformity to standards, and distribution among sets.
- Oblique numerals regularise agreement Outside basic nominative/accusative counting, numerals, adjectives, and nouns normally express the same oblique plural case.
- Irregular and invariant heads Adjective agreement can expose dative plural even when the noun is irregular or formally invariant.
- Dative plural versus instrumental singular Forms in -ым/-им can be either dative plural or masculine/neuter instrumental singular.
- Dative plural assessment Form the unified plural ending, then verify recipient, experiencer, target, route, or numeral syntax.
Mastery
Ready means you can...
- form -ым/-им across adjective families and noun genders
- use plural recipient, experiencer, target, and route constructions
- decline complete quantified phrases in dative plural
- distinguish dative plural from look-alike instrumental singular forms