Re: OT: sorta OT: cases: please help...

--- Patrick Jarrett froge sionk:
<snip>
> In english the
> Genitive
> would be using 's as in Mike's car. Or it uses "of" like "one of
> us." There
> are other signs also.
so the possessor would be in genitive case but not the possession?
that would explain a lot...
to make sure i actually understand this:
the monkey scratched his head.
so 'his' would be in genitive case, but head would be accusative (as
in the object of his scratching...?)... and of course monkey would be
nominative (i think i actually understand that one...:)
what about in the "one of us" example? would 'one' or 'us' be
considered genitive (and what would the other one be?)


<more snippage>
> Instrumental: Used when talking about when something was
> accomplished with
> something. I dug a hole with a shovel. - with a shovel would be
> instrumental.
>
here are some of the examples my polish professor gave us:
'i write with a pen'... ok that works 'pen' is in the instrumental
case, but the next example is: 'i am a student'... huh? what?
wouldn't both 'i' and 'student' be nominative?

...nicole

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