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4. Gases. 
[No. 2, 
The Nominative, Accusative and Dative have no case signs and are 
therefore alike ; when however in the Dative direction is implied it 
takes the sign of the Ablative case te. The sign of the genitive is a 
and ra and that of the corresponding possessive ren and rent. 
The Locative sign is re, the vocative is identical with the nomina- 
tive and is preceded by the interjection oe ; therefore 
Nominative 
A ccusative 
Vocative 
Dative 
Dative, II form 
Ablative 
Genit. a, ra. 
Possess, reu, rent. 
Loc. re. 
are the same. 
5. Case examples. 
Nominative, Accusative, and Dative : 
nia dirl Idana, this is a stone. 
mina dirl agnime, bring that stone. 
horhu vedkand, the men have come. 
horku alope ruepe, don’t beat the men. 
kul miad haddd hahlidide, the tiger has seized an ox. 
Asur horku dt kdku kamed, the Asurs do not cultivate the 
field, huku merhed kamed, they work iron. 
Sadom idime, take away the horse. 
sadom hir ovaieme, give grass to the horse. 
Dative and Ablative : 
Ju, hunt tB sendme ! Go up to him. 
Jii, amd vatu te sendmB Go to your village. 
ord> te ruar tandirj I am returning home. 
Ablative and Instrumental : 
Am okodte vejulend ? Where do you come from ? 
Banai hanai hofku ra^et te gojoyand. Many people died from 
starvation. 
Hond vatu te irg vedlend. I came from that village. 
minlete paisd rejeme ! Take away the money from him ! 
Genitive and Possessive : 
iigd drd, my house ; aled ord, our house. 
amd nyumu citand, what’s your name ? 
hinird gendrd aguime, bring his cloth. 
