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.
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