Tuesday 20 April 2010

Cases explained

Lurion has 4 different cases, all quite commonly known.

Nominative
Used to indicate the subject and all nouns and adjectives that are attributes to the subject.

Aᴧεκcαнδεр Meгιι нe ᴧeгι. - Alexander the Great said nothing.

Accusative
Used to indicate the object and its attributes. Also, it is used after verbs and prepositions to indicate direction and goal.

Δαн ειδι καтιн нιтιιн. - Daan sees the nice cat.
Παтрο ιι Γαᴧᴧιαн. - Father goes to France.

Genitive
Used to indicate possession and to indicate origin and reason.

Єιδιc καтιн мου? - Do you see my cat?
Zeнιc Aφрικαα ιι. - The foreigner comes from Afrika.

Dative
Used to indicate indirect objects and location, enviroment, method and tools.

Δω φοβυεн мεтαι. - I give fruit to mother.
Λeгεc ᴧαнгει zeнιει. - They speak in a foreign language.
Єιδεтι ὁπευ. - Look with your eyes.

Ofcourse, some words might feature exceptions etc, but these are the general rules.

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