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The nominative case indicates the '''subject''' of a transitive and intransitive verb, the '''predicate''' (this is variably marked also by an additional morpheme), and the '''object''' of most prepositions. The nominative case is marked by'''-n''', and has an allomorph in '''-r''', which manifests in the usual way. | The nominative case indicates the '''subject''' of a transitive and intransitive verb, the '''predicate''' (this is variably marked also by an additional morpheme), and the '''object''' of most prepositions. The nominative case is marked by'''-n''', and has an allomorph in '''-r''', which manifests in the usual way. | ||
* '''''Iven''' nenna''. | * '''''Iven''' nenna''. "The bird is sleeping." | ||
The bird is sleeping. | * '''''Mrjan''' ivēn vuhra''. "The spirit is eating the bird." | ||
* '''''Mrjan''' ivēn vuhra''. | * '''''Vrunnur''' henelēr kaiya''. "The robin had shouted at the pig." | ||
The spirit is eating the bird. | |||
* '''''Vrunnur''' henelēr kaiya''. | |||
The robin had shouted at the pig. | |||
In the instance of a predicate-like construction of the form '''X is Y''', the X and Y are marked by the nominative, but X has an additional affix '''-avas''' after the nominative marking. This may be understood as an additional nominative case in full as '''-navjas''' or '''-ravjas'''. | In the instance of a predicate-like construction of the form '''X is Y''', the X and Y are marked by the nominative, but X has an additional affix '''-avas''' after the nominative marking. This may be understood as an additional nominative case in full as '''-navjas''' or '''-ravjas'''. | ||