"Dative" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... or speech, as in "Al-Hamdu" at the head of the Fatihah, or in "Allahu" at the beginning of the third Surah. If the two words stand in grammatical connection, as in the sentence "Praise be to God," we cannot say "Al-Hamdu li-Allahi," but the junction (Wasl) between the dative particle li and the noun which it governs must take place. According to the French principle, this junction would be effected at the cost of the preceding element and li Allahi would become l'Allahi; in Arabic, on the contrary, the ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton
... do it well, I shall be content, hidnane ndo, or nco, nanacertze; when of two, thus: If I did it well, you will be content, hidna netzendo, or emco, nap nanacertze: whence it may be seen that in the first passage is put the nominative nee, having but one part, and in the second the dative or accusative netz, since another member comes in which is nap, you. These are other examples: If I should be well, I will go to see you, Nee hidna crdo, ost eme teuhdontze, which is an expression of one proposition, ...
— Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language - Shea's Library Of American Linguistics. Volume III. • Buckingham Smith |
