Nahónda: Difference between revisions

Nahónda distinguishes two core cases, agent and patient, and one oblique case, the genitive.  The Patient case is unmarked and serves as the direct object of most transitive verbs, and the subject of stative verbs.  The Genitive serves not only to mark possessors, but as the recipient with donor verbs, e.g. ''wíkha Džalo-da nitsata'' "Give Dzhalo the rope", the hearer of speech verbs, e.g. ''Enane-da kelómatáyelo'' "Speak to Mother!", as well as the direct or indirect object of transitive verbs belonging to other semantic types, e.g. Goal, Experiencer, etc.