Dative Pronouns: mihi, tibi, nobis, vobis

To Me, To You, To Us

Level 2

The dative forms of I, you, we and you all.

How It Works

In classical Latin mihi sounds like MIH-hee. In Church Latin it is MEE-kee, with a k sound. Tibi is TIH-bee in both.

Nobis also means by us or with us after a preposition. In ora pro nobis it is the ablative.

You can use these forms with a verb of giving, saying, showing or sending: dat, dicit, monstrat, mittit.

Prayers use these forms too: Dona nobis pacem gives peace to us, and Pax vobis gives peace to you all.

Marcus mihi librum dat.
Marcus gives me a book.
Mihi is the dative of ego.
Iulia tibi rosam dat.
Iulia gives you a rose.
Tibi is the dative of tu.
Pater nobis donum dat.
The father gives us a gift.
Nobis is the dative of nos.
Amici vobis epistulam scribunt.
The friends write you all a letter.
Vobis is the dative of vos.
Dona nobis pacem.
Grant us peace.
Nobis is the dative: to us.

Using the accusative where the dative is needed.
Marcus me librum dat.
Marcus mihi librum dat.
Me is the accusative, the form for the thing a verb acts on. The one who receives the book is in the dative: mihi.

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Dative Pronouns: mihi, tibi, nobis, vobisLevel 2To Me, To You, To Us

These are the personal pronouns in the dative, so the pronouns and the dative come first.

Patterns that build on this one.

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