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Re: cases

From:Nik <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 23:21
"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> What I disliked was the way in which a Latin-style case system was > being foisted onto Romanian, despite the fact that it fits Romanian > badly.
Well, from what I understand, the "genitive/dative" is used largely for genitive and dative functions. Perhaps "basic" or something like that might be better for "nominative/accusative", but "genitive/dative" seems fair. -- "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor