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<b><big> C. Accusative Case (ACC) </big></b><br> | <b><big> C. Accusative Case (ACC) </big></b><br> | ||
The ACC case is most commonly used in marking the patient of transitive verbs. | The ACC case is most commonly used in marking the patient of transitive verbs. Most locational prepositions also require their objects to be in ACC case. The object in a relative case is also declined in ACC case even though the subject has been replaced by the relative pronoun. | ||
<b><big> D. Dative Case (DAT) </big></b><br> | |||
The DAT case is mainly used in marking the indirect object of ditransitive verbs. The preposition "du" ''to'', a majority of directional prepositions and other prepositions require the DAT case. Some verbs of feeling also require a DAT object. AN example of which is '''laid-toire''' "to feel sorry".<br><br> | |||
''Dou tois <b>mir</b> laid.''<br> | |||
2SG.ERG do.PRES 1SG.DAT displeasing<br> | |||
"I feel sorry for you. <br><br> | |||
ERG and DAT case are the only cases that declinable nouns really do decline in their singular form. The inflection rules of the dative case are the same as with ERG. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||