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===== Nominative Case ===== | ===== Nominative Case ===== | ||
The nominative case indicates the subject of a transitive and intransitive verb, the predicate (this is variably marked also by an additional morpheme), and the object of most prepositions. | The nominative case indicates the '''subject''' of a transitive and intransitive verb, the '''predicate''' (this is variably marked also by an additional morpheme), and the '''object''' of most prepositions. | ||
The nominative case is marked with '''-n''', and has an allomorph in '''-r''', which manifests in the usual way. | The nominative case is marked with '''-n''', and has an allomorph in '''-r''', which manifests in the usual way. | ||
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'''Vrunnur''' henelēn kaira. | '''Vrunnur''' henelēn kaira. | ||
The robin had shouted at the pig. | The robin had shouted at the pig. | ||
In the instance of a predicate-like construction of the form '''X is Y''', the X and Y are marked by the nominative, but X has an additional affix '''-as''' after the nominative marking. This may be understood as an additional nominative case in full as '''-nas'''. | |||
===== Accusative<sub>1</sub> Case ===== | ===== Accusative<sub>1</sub> Case ===== | ||