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===Case=== | ===Case=== | ||
Nouns in Aeranir have a series of different forms, called cases of the noun, which have different functions or meanings. For example, the word for 'king' is ''{{term|rēs}}'' when subject of a verb, but ''rēnen'' when it is the object: | Nouns in Aeranir have a series of different forms, called cases of the noun, which have different functions or meanings. For example, the word for 'king' is '''''{{term|rēs}}''''' when subject of a verb, but '''''rēnen''''' when it is the object: | ||
* ''augēs rēs'' 'the king sees (someone)' (nominative case) | * '''''augēs rēs''''' 'the king sees (someone)' ([[w:Nominative case|nominative case]]) | ||
* ''augēs rēnun'' '(someone) sees the king' (accusative case) | * '''''augēs rēnun''''' '(someone) sees the king' ([[w:Accusative case|accusative case]]) | ||
There are a total of nine cases for most nouns in Aeranir. Outside of the nominative and accusative, they are as the following: | |||
* [[w:Vocative case|Vocative]]: '''''rēs iō!''''': 'o king!' | |||
* [[w:Essive case|Essive]]: '''''seū rēnū''''': 'as this king' | |||
* [[w:Instrumental case|Instrumental]]: '''''seōrun rēnërun''''': 'using this king' | |||
* [[w:Genitive case|Genitive]]: '''''sī rēnis''''': 'of this king' | |||
* [[w:Dative case|Dative]]: '''''seō rēnī''''': 'to/for this king' | |||
* [[w:Ablative case|Ablative]]: '''''seā rēnī''''': 'from/by this king' | |||
* [[w:Locative case|Locative]]: '''''sīs rēnīs''''': 'at/with the king' | |||
Sometimes the same endings, e.g. ''-ī'' and ''-ēs'', are used for more than one case. Since the function of a word in Aeranir is shown by ending rather than word order, in theory '''''requor rēnī''''' could mean either 'I return to the king' or 'I return from the king.' In practice, however, such ambiguities are rare. | |||
===Declensions=== | ===Declensions=== | ||
====Class I==== | ====Class I==== | ||