Giving: dati

Level 2

Present of dati, to give.

How It Works

	dati (give)
ja	dam
ti	daš
on, ona, ono	da
mi	damo
vi	date
oni	daju

The he form da looks like the little word da (that), so the rest of the sentence tells you which it is: Ako Amir da knjigu Lejli, bit će sretna.

Dati usually has a person who gets the thing (dative) and a thing given (accusative): Dam ti kafu.

Dati is perfective: it names one finished act of giving. For giving again and again, speakers use the imperfective davati: Svaki dan dajem hljeb. The present of dati can point to something about to happen, as in a quick offer (Dam ti kafu). For a plain future, use dat ću.

The imperative is daj: Daj mi sol, molim te.

Examples (4)

Dam ti svoj broj.
I will give you my number.
Dam is the I form.
Ako mi daš broj, nazvat ću te.
If you give me your number, I will call you.
Daš is the you form; a perfective present is normal after ako.
Mi damo djeci kolače.
We give the children cakes.
Damo is the we form.
Oni daju knjige školi.
They give books to the school.
Daju is the they form.

Common Mistakes

Making the present like an -ati verb.
Mi datimo knjigu.
Mi damo knjigu.
Dati has its own short endings.

How It Connects

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Giving: datiLevel 2

Learn This First

Dati is an irregular present-tense verb.

Present in -em
It follows a similar present.
Level 1

Words in This Pattern

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