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Meanings of vocative case in inglês

português
caso vocativo
catalão
vocatiu

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

        caso vocativo
        russo
        вокатив
        português
        caso vocativo
        espanhol
        caso vocativo
        catalão
        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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              caso vocativo
              Usage of vocative case in inglês
              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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