Sentence examples for genitive case from inspiring English sources

Nouns in the genitive case function as adjectives.

Cupides, the ME genitive case, occurs once initially, Tr V.1590.

A noun modifying a second noun is expressed by the genitive case except in the north, where a prepositional phrase is usually preferred.

The indirect object is also expressed by the genitive case (or by the preposition se 'to,' which governs the accusative, as do all prepositions).

The legend, often abbreviated, usually declared the name of the owner or institution; it often began with a cross and the word sigillum, followed by the name in the genitive case.

A striking feature of Slavic syntax is the widespread use of possessive adjectives (e.g., Russian Bož'ja milost'divinene mercy') instead of the genitive case of the noun (milost' Boga 'the mercy of God').

For instance, kalb 'dog,' is rendered in the Arabic nominative, accusative, and genitive cases, respectively, as kalb-un 'the dog' (as a subject), kalb-an 'the dog' (as an object), and kalb-in '(of) the dog' (as a possessor).

So thank you, Mr. Callahan, for the lessons in the nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases.

In Modern English these are reduced to two cases in nouns, a general case that does duty for the vocative, nominative, dative, and accusative ("Henry, did Bill give John the letter?") and a possessive case continuing the old genitive ("Bill's letter").

Table 1 The definite articles in the German gender-case paradigm (singular only) for nominative, genitive, dative and accusative cases Case Gender category Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative der die das Genitive des der des Dative dem der dem Accusative den die das.

These include the four primary cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, and instrumental; three adverbial cases: allative (of which the dative is a shortened form), locative (also with a shortened form), and ablative; and a possessive or adjectival case.