- The man who
- uómo
- languishes
- languíre
- for love
- amóre
- ought to be pitied.
- dovére compiánto.
The verbs obbedíre and disobbedíre require a Dative.
- We ought not only
- dovére non solo
- to obey
- obbedíre
- our parents,
- genitori
- but also
- ma anche
- our superiors,
- superióre
- if we would obey
- se volére obbedíre
- God’s commands.
- comandaménto.
- One sees very seldom
- si vedére raraménte
- a child prosper
- figliuólo prosperáre
- in this world,
- mondo
- who does not obey
- obbedíre
- his father and mother.
- padre madre.
- When God commanded
- quando Iddío comandáre
- Abraham to sacrifice Isaac,
- Abramo sacrificáre Isácco
- his only son,
- único figlio
- he immediately obeyed
- súbito obbedíre
- the Lord’s voice;
- Signóre voce
- but the angel of the Lord
- ma ángelo Signóre
- did not permit him
- perméttere
- to slay the child,
- uccídere fanciullo
- and told him
- dire
- his obedience
- obbediénza
- had been agreeable
- éssere stato grato
- to God.
- Dio.
The verb parláre will have a Dative Case of the Person.
- God speaks
- Iddío parláre
- to sinners
- peccatóre
- sometimes
- qualche volta
- most gently,
- benignamente
- that he may draw them
- affine di trárre
- to obedience;
- obbediénza
- he speaks to them of
- parláre
- the blessed life
- beáta vita
- which he has prepared fo
- avére preparáto
- his servants;
- servo
- sometimes
- qualche volta
- he speaks to them of the
- parláre
- abyss
- abísso
- which shall be
- éssere
- the reward of sin;
- mercéde peccáto
- yet his promises
- pure proméssa
- and threatenings
- mináccia
- move not
- muóvere
- stubborn minds.
- ostináto mente.
The verbs preténdere and aspiráre govern the Dative Case.
- All those who
- tutto quello
- call themselves Christians
- chiamársi Cristiáno
- pretend to
- preténdere
- everlasting life;
- etérno vita
- but few
- ma pochi
- are they that would suffer
- sono soffríre
- the least thing
- minimo cosa
- to deserve it;
- meritáre
- but if it is a point
- se si tratta
- to aspire to
- aspiráre
- some employment,
- qualche impiégo
- or dignity,
- dignità
- there is none but would suffer
- non vi è nissúno che non sopporti
- a great deal of
- molto
- fatigue,
- fatíca
- labour,
- lavóro
- and pain
- pena
- to obtain it.
The verb giuocáre (when one speaks of all sorts of games) governs the Dative Case.