| 25.7 Adverbs with Dative |
Many adverbs require an object to have any meaning. This can be a direct (Accusative) or an indirect object (Dative), depending on the adverb (or adverbial construction).
| Examples for adverbs with Dative | |
| Er benimmt sich seinem
Alter entsprechend. = He behaves according to his age. |
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| Dieser Ausdruck ist mir
nicht geläufig. = This expression is not known by me. (I don't know this expression) |
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| Die Bezahlung war der
Leistung angemessen. = The payment was adequate to the performance. |
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| Er war der
Situation nicht gewachsen. = He was not able to handle the situation. |
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| Die 10 000 Euro kamen ihm
sehr gelegen. = The 10 000 Euro were very welcome. |
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| Die ganze Angelegenheit
war ihm gleichgültig
(egal). = He did not care about the whole issue. |
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| In dem Moment war mir
alles egal (gleichgültig). = In this moment I didn't care about anything. |
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| Sie war ihm
geistig überlegen. = She was mentally superior to him. |
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| Sie waren ihm
böse, weil er nicht gekommen war. = She was upset about him, because he didn't come. |
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| Das sieht ihm
ähnlich*. = This is typical for him. (direct translation: This is similar to him.) |
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| Er war ihm
bei der Auswertung der Unterlagen behilflich. = He helped with the evaluation of the documents. |
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| Mir
war in dem Augenblick nicht bewusst, was das
für ihn bedeutete. = I did not realise in this moment, what it meant for him. |
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| Er war ihr
sehr zugetan. = He liked her a lot. |
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| Sein Benehmen war uns
allen peinlich. = His behaviour was embarrassing for all of us. |
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| Der Typ ist mir
einfach zuwider. = I don't like this guy. |
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| Durch seine Arroganz machte
er sich allen
verhasst. = Through his arrogance everybody disliked him. |
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| Er blieb seinen
Prinzipien treu. = He was faithful to his principles. |
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| Die Geschichte hat gezeigt,
dass die Planwirtschaft der
freien Marktwirtschaft unterlegen ist.
= History has shown that planned economy is inferior to the free market. |
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* This phrase in German is nothing very friendly. Usually it does mean that the speaker in the situation does not agree with the behaviour of this person.
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