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Da composite verbs may have several subjects, all in nominative. This usually applies to causative verbs. | Da composite verbs may have several subjects, all in nominative. This usually applies to causative verbs. | ||
Nominative is used for the subjects of a sentence or a subordinate clause. Nominative is not used when two nouns are linked with the copula ''oe'': ''Ku oe mene du síxao sorsunoté''! -- You are the man I saw yesterday! | Nominative is used for the subjects of a sentence or a subordinate clause. Nominative is not used when two nouns are linked with the copula ''oe'': ''Ku oe mene du síxao sorsunoté''! -- You are the man I saw yesterday! Instead, Da speakers use instrumental in this case and may omit "oe" completely: Ku mene du síxao sorsunoté. | ||
====''Accusative''==== | ====''Accusative''==== | ||