Cases
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There are 8 cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, albative, vocative and locative.
some examples in english:
nominative: "HE drank it", "THE TREE withered"
accusative: "he drank IT", "the man told his SON"
dative: "he gave the sword to THE WARRIOR", "she gave THE MAN the drink"
genitive: "The WOLF'S owner", the city OF STONE"
instrumental: "they travelled BY BOAT", "he wrote WITH PEN
vocative: "o, LORD", "come, MY FRIENDS"
Everything else is written in the default form which is nominative.
helpful information:
Over time, some pronouns have started to shorten case endings
If base noun ends with a 'x' (the only standalone consonant without its vowel equivalents) and a suffix starts with a vowel, insert a 'm_' at the end for the vowel - this also applies for verbs and their affixes.