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Cases
Jeʂtəra nouns do decline, according to an ergative-absolutive system with 6 cases:
| Ergative | This case marks the subject of a transitive verb. It can be used only with nouns belonging to class I. |
| Absolutive | This case marks primarily the direct object of a transitive verb. It is also used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb. 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. It can also mark the origin or the source. |
| Dative | This case marks primarily the indirect object. In a broad sense, it can also mark 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 II noun, referring thus to an intrinsically inanimate entity, noun cannot generally be declined in the ergative case.
