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===Cases===
===Cases===
Viwdiwgu nouns do decline, according to a ''nominative-accusative'' system with '''3 cases''':
Βaβar nouns do decline, according to a ''nominative-accusative'' system with '''5 cases''':
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| style="width: 110px;"| <center>''Case''</center>  || <center>''Meaning''</center>
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| '''Direct'''  || <small>This case marks both the subject and the direct object of a verb. It is also used with some prepositions. It is regarded as the base form of the noun, and it is used as the vocative form.</small>
| '''Nominative'''  || <small>This case marks the subject of a verb. It is regarded as the base form of the noun, and it is used as the vocative form.</small>
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| '''Genitive'''  || <small>This case marks possession and belonging, either intentional, unintentional, or indirect. It is used with many prepositions. It is also used to mark the direct object of an infinitival form of a verb, marking thus the direct object of the negated form of a transitive verb.</small>
| '''Accusative'''  || <small>This case marks the direct object of a verb. It is also used with many postpositions.</small>
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| '''Dative'''  || <small>This case marks primarily the indirect object. In a broad sense, it can also mark the final point of a movement ''(motion toward a place''). It is used with many prepositions.</small>
| '''Oblique'''  || <small>It has no specifical meaning and it is generally used only with postpositions. It can be occasionally used without postpositions in earlier texts and in crystallized forms, marking possession and belonging.</small>
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Revision as of 01:53, 30 April 2025

Cases

Βaβar nouns do decline, according to a nominative-accusative system with 5 cases:

Case
Meaning
Nominative This case marks the subject of a verb. It is regarded as the base form of the noun, and it is used as the vocative form.
Accusative This case marks the direct object of a verb. It is also used with many postpositions.
Oblique It has no specifical meaning and it is generally used only with postpositions. It can be occasionally used without postpositions in earlier texts and in crystallized forms, marking possession and belonging.