Template:U:hu:stimulus-subject verbs

The subject of certain verbs is not someone who acts but a stimulus that prompts sensory or emotional feelings, like when things interest someone, matter to someone, please someone or appeal to someone. In these cases, the experiencer can take the accusative (e.g. ) or the dative (e.g. ). The experiencer is expressed with the dative in the case of, , , , and /. If the experiencer is expressed with the accusative, third-person objects (him, her, it, or them) are considered definite, while first- and second-person objects (me, us, and you), indefinite. For example, the verb can take the definite form  or the indefinite form. The form means “you are interested in me” (literally, “I interest you”). — Similar verbs include and.