12. Dative Case “Dative” comes from the Latin word for to give or given. You can think of the indirect object as the thing that something is being given to .
13. Dative Case And you should most definitely distinguish the direct object (which takes the accusative) from the indirect object. If you give something (1) to something (2), (2) goes in the dative case.
22. When practicing the dative, because it's the giving case, it helps to know “give” in Russian Давать (irregular, 1 st conjugation; stem: да-) Я даю Ты даёшь Они дают