Short examples

Translate each of the following and identify the use(s) of the dative in each.

  1. filii sunt matri caritati.
  2. septem equi sunt imperatori.
  3. multam pecuniam amico dono tibi dedisti.
  4. pueri ad ludum studio eunt.
  5. senator iudicibus imperaverat.
  1. Near to the house are several trees.
  2. The slave girl went to the shop to get some food for her mistress.
  3. Books are a great source of truth for scholars.
  4. Your welfare is a concern of mine.
  5. The soldier met a werewolf in the street.