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Meanings of vocative case in anglès

portuguès
caso vocativo
català
vocatiu

The case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed.

vocatiu
rus
вокатив
portuguès
caso vocativo
espanyol
caso vocativo
català
vocatiu

Grammatical case used for a noun that identifies a person (animal, object etc.) being addressed or occasionally the determiners of that noun.

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vocatiu
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Usage of vocative case in anglès
1
Put out the light, and then put out THEE, light, making light to be the vocative case.
A Journey from This World to the Next
2
On these he rings what changes he may, by putting the verb before its nominative or vocative case.
Lives of the English Poets / From Johnson to Kirke White, Design...
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