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Old July 2, 2003, 10:49   #1
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Need a master of grammer
Can someone explain, in simple terms, the meanings of these cases:

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
vocative



and i'd like some examples of them if possible.


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grammar. not grammer.
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Re: Need a master of grammer
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Can someone explain, in simple terms, the meanings of these cases:

Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
vocative



and i'd like some examples of them if possible.


thankyou
Are you learning Latin or something?

I'll use an example sentence to explain the five terms:

"Andy, my father gave my brother's dog to the neighbors."

Andy = vocative
my father = nominative
my brother's = genitive
dog = accusative
to the neighbors = dative
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Yeah, but how would you say "Romans go home" in Latin?

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Re: Need a master of grammer
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Nominative
Genitive
Dative
Accusative
vocative
Nominative:
Screwer's screwer screwed a screwer from screwerton. The screwer!
Genitive:
Screwer's screwer screwed a screwer from screwerton. The screwer!
Accusative:
Screwer's screwer screwed a screwer from screwerton. The screwer!
Dative:
Screwer's screwer screwed a screwer from screwerton. The screwer!
Vocative:
Screwer's screwer screwed a screwer from screwerton. The screwer!

In English {
 subjective = nominative;
 objective = dative = accusative;
 possessive = genitive;
 vocative.relevant = false;
}

{ I, who, Jane } ⊂ Subjective
{ me, whom, Jane } ⊂ Objective
{ my, mine, whose, Jane's } ⊂ Possessive
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Yeah, but how would you say "Romans go home" in Latin?
I'm not sure.

"Romani, contendite ad domum" or something like that maybe...
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Go watch Life of Brian, you illiterate oaf.
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Go watch Life of Brian, you illiterate oaf.
Heh, I know it, but seriously, I can't remember what the word "go" is in Latin. Maybe someone can help me get some peace of mind here.
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romani ite domum
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romani ite domum
I thought it was Romanii ite domus... but it's been a long time since I watched it
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grammar. not grammer.
Héy, that's Boris's line, stay off it
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eo, ire, i(v)i, itus - (irreg) go
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thanks everyone, and it wasn't latin, but classical greek, i am upto the bits about decelnsions and feminines and all that, and the lady who wrote the text book likes to confuse me


though all this seems v helpful, ty
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"eo", yes, of course, thanks, Al'Kimiya and TheGuitarist.

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I thought it was Romanii ite domus... but it's been a long time since I watched it
No, it's "Romani" (plural of Romanus, not Romanius), and it "domum" (accusative, "ad" is left out). It's one of those expressions around domus, like "domo" (at home) instead of "in domo".


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thanks everyone, and it wasn't latin, but classical greek, i am upto the bits about decelnsions and feminines and all that, and the lady who wrote the text book likes to confuse me
Yea, I missed the ablative Latin has. Are you studying classical languages?
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Yeah, but how would you say "Romans go home" in Latin?

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I can nearly remember "Romans they are go the house" in Latin, but not the corrected version!
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Yea, I missed the ablative Latin has. Are you studying classical languages?
just classical greek at the moment.

Though i may do latin one day, but i'd have no use for it because there aren't really any roman/latin authors who i really want to read.
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