Thread: Strategy for learning cases... Help!

The names of the cases are Latin, not English. And I think they are quite logical. "Dative", for example, is from the Latin verb "dare" (to give) In Russian there is a very similar verb "дать", so the case is called "дательный". It really has absolutely nothing incommon with English "dates".

Okay, that's interesting! The fact that it describes something about what it refers to (ie giving) is reassuring!

thanks