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While nouns are unmarked for case, unmarked dative constructions as in English (e.g. "give the cat some food") are common, and attributive adjectives once again take the same suffix as above in these instances. | While nouns are unmarked for case, unmarked dative constructions as in English (e.g. "give the cat some food") are common, and attributive adjectives once again take the same suffix as above in these instances. The construction is also used of partitives. | ||
:: {{ash|Caulde weder cann igh socce fulle | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Attributive | |||
! Partitive | |||
|- | |||
| {{ash|warm-e weder}} | |||
| {{ash|full-∅ hole}} | |||
|} | |||
For example: | |||
:: {{ash|Caulde weder cann igh socce fulle hole ne hafe opaų mine feute næ.}} | |||
Dative nouns are sometimes fossilised with the ending {{ash|-e}} in certain expressions, generally without any article. | Dative nouns are sometimes fossilised with the ending {{ash|-e}} in certain expressions, generally without any article. | ||