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==== Uses of the cases ==== | ==== Uses of the cases ==== | ||
===== Genitive ===== | |||
The use of the genitive case in subordinate clauses has changed throughout the history of Aeranir, and even within the span of time referred to as 'Golden Age Aeranir,' usage was shifting. In Classical and Golden Age Aeranir the genitive could be used with the active voice to mark the subject of the verb, whilst in the middle voice it marked the object. | |||
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| tzilla artis auhita | |||
| cat-NOM.SG person-GEN.SG see-PFV.PTCP-C.NOM.SG | |||
| 'The cat the person saw'}} | |||
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| ars tzillae auhitūnus | |||
| person-NOM.SG cat-GEN.SG see-PFV.PTCP-T.NOM.SG | |||
| 'The person who saw the cat'}} | |||
The use of genitive objects dwindled in later Golden Age and Late Aeranir, being replaced by the accusative case with the active voice, or the ablative case with the middle voice, as in independent clauses. However, it remained used to mark the subject of dependent clauses, and in Late Aeranir even began to replace the nominative case in independent ones. | |||
===== Ablative ===== | ===== Ablative ===== | ||