k / ka + Dative

Toward Someone or Something

Level 2

K prijatelju means toward or to a friend. Ka is the expanded form used before words beginning with k, g or h, as in ka kući.

How It Works

Use Idem k prijatelju. for movement toward a friend or the friend’s place, as context permits. Dative prijatelju is the same case shape used for a recipient in another construction.

Before k, g and h, the standard expanded form is ka: ka kući, ka gradu, ka hramu. The noun and its modifiers still take dative endings.

K highlights direction or an approach toward a target. It is not a substitute for every destination phrase with u or na. A reference to going into a building can require a different preposition and accusative construction.

Examples (3)

  1. Idem k prijatelju.

    I am going to a friend’s place.

    Dative prijatelju follows k.

  2. Krenuli smo ka kući.

    We set off toward the house.

    Ka precedes the initial k of kući.

  3. Hodamo ka gradu.

    We are walking toward the town.

    Ka precedes g, and gradu is dative.

How It Connects

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k / ka + DativeLevel 2Toward Someone or Something

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The verb or directional preposition selects the dative forms already introduced.

Words in This Pattern

kka