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 ===Nouns===
-While many roots themselves may seemingly describe nouns alone, there is no empty nominative case in Adwan, and therefore all dictionary form nouns end in 'a'. In particular, all nouns adhere to the same following paradigm.
+While many roots themselves may seemingly describe nouns alone, there is no empty nominative case in Adwan, and therefore all dictionary form nouns end in 'a'. In particular, all nouns adhere to the same following paradigm. This paradigm declines nouns for number, and for four grammatical cases:
+# Nominative case, marks subjects of verbal constructions, topics of sentences, and is also used in a vocative manner
+# Accusative case, marks the direct objects of a verb and the arguments of lexical morphisms
+## An example is the morphism on instrumental nouns, which transforms a lexeme into a verb phrase, and marks the instrument with the accusative case. In a sense, similar to expressing "I write with a pencil" by "I use a pencil to write".
+### ''Ceviuthemgdus caghyvw'', 'one plays a musical instrument.' Note that 'instrument' is 'caghyvw', which is in the accusative. In a more literal translation, can be described as saying 'one uses an instrument to operate sound'.
+### ''Corphubhyghem sonw'', 'I went to work by car.' Note that the word for car, 'sonw', is in the accusative. Closer in translation to 'I used a car to get to work'.
+# Dative case, marks indirect objects which are the directions of actions, also merged with lative use, i.e., direction toward, motion (in)to, etc.
+# Genitive case, marks indirect objects which are the sources of actions, also marks possessive nouns and merged with ablative use, i.e., direction away from, motion from, etc.
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-The nominative case, aside from being the dictionary form of a noun, is also the subject of a verb, and/or topic of a noun phrase. The accusative case marks nouns which are the direct objects of verbs and is quite distinct from all cases in that it is entirely dependant on a verb in order to form a noun phrase. The dative case marks indirect objects for which there are any directed prepositions and also marks the direction of motion. The genitive, in contrast to the dative case, marks motion in the exact opposite direction of the dative, aside from also marking possession and partialness (that which is usually used by a 'partitive case' in other languages).
 ==Example texts==