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8 Cards in this Set
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What is a Case?
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A case is the changing of terminations in declining.
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How many cases are there?
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There are six cases.
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The Nominative Case
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-by which we name a thing
-answers to the questions 'Who?' or 'What?' -used to mark a subject. |
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The GENITIVE Case
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-signifies whose anything is, or to whom it pertains
-answers to the questions 'Whose?' or 'Whereof?'. |
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The DATIVE Case
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-by which we attribute some thing to any one
-answers the questions, 'To whom?' or 'To what?' -used to mark an indirect object. |
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The ACCUSATIVE Case
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-follows an Active verb, and on which the action of the verb passes
-answers to the questions, 'Whom?' or 'What?' -used to mark a direct object. |
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The VOCATIVE Case
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the Vocative, by which we call on persons or things.
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The ABLATIVE Case
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-by which we signify something to be taken from another
-most commonly follows a preposition, which governs it. |
