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==='''Cases'''=== | ==='''Cases'''=== | ||
;Agentive | |||
:The agentive case marks the agent of a ditransitive verb and the active subject of an intransitive verb | |||
;Patientive | |||
:The unmarked patientive case signals the patient of a ditransitive verb and the inactive subject of an intransitive verb. | |||
;Dative | |||
:The dative is used to mark the indirect object of a verb, the causee of a causative construction or the benefactive in an oblique argument. | |||
;Genitive | |||
:The genitive case marks various types of relationships between nouns. Declensing a noun with the genitive will indicate one of the following: | |||
:*Relation: marks a noun as directly related to another in some way | |||
:*Possesion: marks a noun as possessing another noun | |||
:*Composition: marks a noun as the contents or composition of another noun | |||
:*Description: marks a noun as a characteristic of another | |||
;Instrumental | |||
:The instrumental case marks a helper, an uninvolved companion, an instrument, a means of or a way of carrying out the action. | |||
==='''Types of nouns'''=== | ==='''Types of nouns'''=== | ||