GRAMMATICAL CASES
Case | What? | Example |
---|---|---|
nominative | subject of the sentence |
Stacey ate a burger |
genitive | in possession of | The burger was of Stacey
That is Stacey's burger |
dative | the recieving end of the direct object | The burger was made out to Stacey
The burger was for Stacey |
accusative | direct object | Stacey ate a burger |
Vocative | addressing something/someone | Did you eat the burger, Stacey? |
Each of these cases has its own set of 'endings' that you can use to recognize to which word each case belongs to. It's especially useful because Ancient Greek is a predictable language.