Editing Dative case (section)

=== Turkish ===
The [[Turkish grammar#Nouns|dative case]] (''yönelme durumu'') in the [[Turkish language]] is formed by adding the <nowiki>''</nowiki>-e" or "-a<nowiki>''</nowiki> [[suffix]]es to the end of the noun, in accordance with the effected noun's [[Turkish phonology#Vowel harmony|vowel harmony]]. The word that should be in the dative case can be found as an answer to the questions 'neye?' (to what?), 'kime?' (to whom?) and 'nereye?' (to where?) will lead to find a dative case in a sentence.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sarıca|first=Bedri|date=2006|title=Problem of the Confusion of the Case Endings, Dative and Accusative in Turkish|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/50613694.pdf|journal=ILMi ARAŞTIRMALAR|volume=22|pages=205–218|access-date=2019-11-08|archive-date=2019-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108142827/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/50613694.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are many different uses for the dative case.

The dative also is for objects, usually indirect objects, but sometimes objects that in English would be considered direct:

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|Güneşin batışı'''na''' bak.
|sun's at-its-sinking look
|"Look at the sunset."}}

The dative case tells ''whither'', that is, the place ''to which''.  Thus it has roughly the meaning of the English prepositions "to" and "into", and also "in" when it can be replaced with "into":

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|Birayı buzdolabı'''na''' koy.
|the-beer into-icebox put
|"Put the beer in(to) the fridge."}}