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Other types of clause complements are conveyed using various ''prepositions'', which can select one or more cases. | Other types of clause complements are conveyed using various ''prepositions'', which can select one or more cases. | ||
A class | A class I noun, referring thus to an intrinsically animate entity, noun cannot generally be declined in the instrumental or locative case. | ||
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Cases
Foħθīrix nouns do decline, according to an nominative-accusative system with 7 cases:
| Nominative | This case marks the subject of a verb. It is regarded as the citation form of the noun. |
| Accusative | This case marks the direct object of a verb. It is also used with some preposition. It can also mark the subject (i.e. the patient) in a passive construction and with participles. It is regarded as the base form of the noun, and it is used as the vocative form. |
| Genitive | This case marks possession and belonging, either intentional, unintentional, or indirect. |
| Dative | This case marks primarily the indirect object. It can also mark, to a limited extent, the final purpose of an action or a state. |
| Causative | This case marks the reason or the cause, which are the source of an action or a state. |
| Oblique | It has no specifical meaning and it is generally used only with prepositions. |
Other types of clause complements are conveyed using various prepositions, which can select one or more cases.
A class I noun, referring thus to an intrinsically animate entity, noun cannot generally be declined in the instrumental or locative case.
