Intransitive Verbs that Take the Dative Song

(sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle")

by David R. Pellegrino & Lillian M. Hines

THREATEN, HARM, PLEASE, TRUST, RESIST,

PERSUADE, COMMAND, OBEY, SERVE,

PARDON, ENVY, FAVOR, SPARE,

BELIEVE all take the dative.

Compound Verbs with AD-, CON-, DE-,

IN-, INTER-, OB-, PRAE-, POST-,

ANTE-, PRO-, SUB-, SUPER-, too,

all sometimes take the dative.