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Chapter-3 .
Cases There are eight Cases in Prāksta. In the following we have constructed examples of Singular Number. (1) Nominative Case
Student (1/1) saluted the Guru. (2) Accusative Case
Student saluted the Guru (2/1). . (3) Instrumental Case
Gopal washes his face with water (3/1). Dative Case The son lives for the pleasure (4/1). Ablative Case The leaf falls from the tree (5/1). Genitive Case The government of state (6/1) brings up People. . Locative Case Clouds thunder in the sky (7/1). Vocative Case Oh boy! (8/1) you should read the book.
Nominative Case (1) When something is said about a person or thing it
is called the Subject of a sentence. This Subject is put in the Nominative Case; e.g., Narindo Paramesaraṁ paṇamai.
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