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Particles | Particles | ||
Derivational morphology | Derivational morphology | ||
===Morphosyntax=== | |||
Although Dravenian preserved much of the Slavic case inflection there usage became through Low Saxon and German influence quite different to other Slavic languages | |||
Accusative | |||
The accusative | |||
The genitive | |||
Through Low Saxon influence the genitive lost its possessive and adpositional function, which became expressed by dative similar to German dialects and Low Saxon. | |||
The genitive survives as case for compounds. | |||
A specialised function of the genitive in Dravenian is the partitive genitive, which is used in Dravenian much more extensively than in other Slavic languages. | |||
Dative | |||
The dative | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||