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Ldon nouns come in four cases: direct, oblique I, oblique II and vocative. | Ldon nouns come in four cases: direct, oblique I, oblique II and vocative. | ||
*Both subjects and objects of transitive verbs are in the direct case. When used with locative prepositions, it implies location. | *Both subjects and objects of transitive verbs are in the direct case. When used with locative prepositions, it implies location. | ||
*The oblique I case is used for subjects of intransitive verbs. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion towards an object. It is marked with ''-(a)p'' and may cause stem vowel changes. | *The oblique I case is used for subjects of intransitive verbs. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion towards an object. It is marked with ''-(a)p'' and may cause stem vowel changes. | ||
*The oblique II case is used with non-locative prepositions. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion away from an object. | *The oblique II case is used with non-locative prepositions. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion away from an object. It has practically merged with the vocative in the modern language. | ||
*The vocative case is marked with ''-a''. | *The vocative case is marked with ''-a''. | ||