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Meanings of vocative case in English
Portuguese
caso vocativo Catalan
vocatiu The case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed.
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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Examples for "vocative"
Examples for "vocative"
1
It's called panis; genitive, pani; dative, pano; vocative, panus; ablative, pano.
2
I don't care; I take a different view of the vocative.
3
Other matrons, vocative, surrounded the circle, momentarily cutting off his view.
4
The vocative, 'O foremost of regenerate ones' applies to Jamadagni's son.
5
The Christian Brothers' Grammar gives Irish nouns three cases: vocative, genitive and the common form.
Usage of vocative case in English
1
Put out the light, and then put out THEE, light, making light to be the vocative case.
2
On these he rings what changes he may, by putting the verb before its nominative or vocative case.
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