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Meanings of vocative case in inglés

portugués
caso vocativo
catalán
vocatiu

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

        caso vocativo
        ruso
        вокатив
        portugués
        caso vocativo
        español
        caso vocativo
        catalán
        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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              Usage of vocative case in inglés
              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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