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 **'''Absolutive''': Citation form, used for the direct object of a verb, the object of most adpositions, and predicative nouns. Personal pronouns have a distinct accusative form that is used for direct objects.
 **'''Nominative''': Used for the subject of a verb. Formed as follows:
-***Masculine with absolutive ending in consonant, ''-a'', ''-o'', or ''-u'': ''-ú'' - e.g. ''nama'' "person" → ''namú''
+***Masculine with absolutive ending in consonant, ''-a'': ''-u'' - e.g. ''nama'' "person" → ''namu''
-***Feminine with absolutive ending in ''-o'' or ''-u'': ''-ú'' - e.g. ''qino'' → ''qinú''
+***Feminine/plural with absolutive ending in consonant or ''-a'': ''-i'' - e.g. ''nafa'' "soul" → ''nafi''
-***Feminine/Plural with absolutive ending in consonant or ''-a'': ''-í'' - e.g. ''nafa'' "soul" → ''nafí''
+***Absolutive ending in other short, unstressed vowel: unchanged - e.g. ''shimmirti'' "bird (sing.)" → ''shimmirti''
-***Absolutive ending in ''-e'' or ''-i'': ''-í'' - e.g. ''shimmirti'' "bird (sing.)" → ''shimmirtí''
 ***Absolutive ending in a long or stressed vowel: ''-n''  - e.g. ''Faadhumá'' "Fatima" → ''Faadhuman''
 **'''Genitive''': Used for possession ("of") and the object of some adpositions.
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 ***Absolutive ending in long or stressed vowel: ''-dhe'' (declines as adjective), ''-dha'' (invariant; present only) - e.g. ''Faadhumá'' → ''Faadhumárhe, Faadhumárha''
 ***Independent forms of the copula: ''dha'' (invariant; present only), ''e'' (adjective declension), ''dhe'' (= ''dha + e''; adjective declension)
-:::e.g. ''Maxammadú nama / nama e / nama dha / nama dhe / name / namarha.'' "Muhammad is a person."
+:::e.g. ''Maxammadu nama / nama e / nama dha / nama dhe / name / namarha.'' "Muhammad is a person."
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