§ 158. The following verbs, which govern two Accusatives in the active voice, require the predicate in the Nominative when used passively: nennen and heißen, to name, to call; schimpfen and schelten, to scold, to give an opprobrious name ; taufen, to baptize. Examples. Er nannte ihn einen Schurken. (Here are two accusatives, „ihn" and used in the active voice.) Unsere Magd wird Marie genannt. " He called him a scoundrel. einen Schurken," and the verb is Our servant is called Mary. (Here the predicate „Marie" stands in the nominative, and the verb is used passively.) § 159. The verbs ernennen (to appoint), machen (to make), and erwählen (to choose, to elect), require in German the preposition zu contracted with the article into zum, whilst in English they govern two Nominatives in the passive voice; as Der Freund meines Vaters ist zum Professor an der Universität Jena ernannt worden. Man hat den Herrn Doctor Mahn zum Abgeordneten erwählt. My father's friend has been ap pointed professor at the University of Jena. Doctor Mahn has been elected a member of Parliament. 2. Verbs Governing the Dative of the Person. $160. The following is a list of verbs requiring in German the Dative of the Person or of the thing, some of which, however, govern the Accusative in English. Examples. Die Schüler dankten ihrem Sein Betragen hat mir im höchsten Grade mißfallen. Man wollte dem Gefangenen nicht glauben, denn die Beweise waren gegen ihn. The pupils thanked their master for his kindness. The ministers have advised the king to sign the bill (das Gesetz, law, bill). His conduct has displeased me in the highest degree. They would not believe the prisoner, for the evidence was against him. nügen, to be useful. rathen, to advise. fagen, to tell. schaden, wehe thun, } to hurt. scheinen, to seem. schenken, to make a present of. schmeicheln, to flatter. steuern, to check. trauen, to trust. trogen, to bid defiance. unterliegen, to succumb. sich unterwerfen, to submit. verschaffen, to procure. verzeihen, to pardon. vorangehen, to precede. vorbeugen, to obviate. vorlesen, to read to a person. wehren, to prevent. weichen, to give way. widersprechen, to contradict. widerstehen, } to resist. sich widerseßen, f willfahren, to grant. wohlwollen, to favour. zuhören, to listen to. genügen, to suffice. zukommen, to fall to one's share, And most intransitive verbs with the prefixes ab, an, auf, bei, ein, entgegen, nach, unter, vor, wider, and zu. 3. Verbs Governing the Genitive. § 161. The following verbs require the object to stand in the Genitive, but some of them are also constructed with a preposition, or may be used with an Accusative: bedürfen, to be in want of, to need (also governs the accusative). ermangeln, to be deficient in. gedenken, to think of. harren, to wait for (also with auf). schonen, to spare (sometimes governs the accusative). spotten, to mock at (also with the preposition über). (lachen, to laugh at, is used with the genitive of the object, but more often with the preposition über.) Also the following reflective verbs govern the object in the Genitive: § 162. The following verbs require the thing to stand in the Genitive, and the person in the Accusative: |