The Six Cases
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, locative and instrumental express relationships in the sentence.
How It Works
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, locative and instrumental express relationships in the sentence. Standard Slovenian has no separate productive vocative case; use the nominative for ordinary direct address.
For knjiga, a singular practice chain is knjiga, knjige, knjigi, knjigo, pri knjigi, s knjigo. Dative and locative can look identical; the governing word identifies their role. A repeated ending is not evidence that the two cases have the same function.
Examples (3)
- Ana bere knjigo.
Ana is reading a book.
- Knjiga je na mizi.
The book is on the table.
- Ana, pridi sem!
Ana, come here!
How It Connects
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Patterns that build on this one.
- Giving to SomeoneLevel 2
- k / h + DativeToward SomeoneLevel 2
- o + LocativeAbout a TopicLevel 2
- pri + LocativeAt Someone's PlaceLevel 2
- Genitive SingularLevel 2
- s / z + InstrumentalTogether with SomeoneLevel 2
- Feminine Accusative in -oFeminine Direct ObjectsLevel 2
- v + Accusative or LocativeInto and inLevel 2
And 5 more in the full list.
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