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Re: Order of cases

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-conlang@...>
Date:Thursday, September 30, 2004, 16:41
* Philip Newton said on 2004-09-30 17:49:31 +0200
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:19:20 +0200, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote: > > m.sg. n.sg. f.sg. pl. > > NOM der das die die > > ACC den das die die > > DAT dem dem der den > > GEN des des der der > > Why do you use this particular order?
That's the exact order used when I was taught German too, back in... 1993? The ordering makes sense to me,NOM and ACC is used more than the rest, but I don't know which of DAT and GEN is more frequent. (Are, is, man am I glad Taruven verbs don't agree in number :) ) t.