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Nominative Case
Future Tense (Plural)
(Plural) Sasa Sasa 1 Hasesahim/Hasesanti/ Sasau Hasesante/Hasesaire/ - Sisters will laugh. Sasau Hasihihim/Hasihinti/ Sasão Hasihinte/Hasihiire Sasao Māyā Maya Jaggesahim/Jaggesanti/ Mayau Jaggesante Jaggesaire/ - Mothers will wake up. Māyau Jaggihihim/Jaggihinti/ Mayão Jaggihinte/Jaggihiire Māyao]
Sasă/Sasa/Sasàu/Sasau/Sasão/Sasao - Nominative Case Plural Number (ā-ending Feminine) In the Nominatve Plural of a-ending Feminine Noun 'zero', 'u', 'o' suffixes are used. By using these suffixes the å of a-ending words is also changed into ą, as, sasā, sasa, sasāu, sasau, sasão, sasao. All the above sentences are in the Active Voice. In the Active Voice the Subject (Person, thing etc) is in the Nominative Case. All the above-mentioned Verbs are intransitive. The Verbal form used with the above-mentioned Nouns is of the
Third Person Plural Number'. With the Noun in the Active Voice, the Verb used is of the ‘Third Person Pronoun'. Here the Noun is Plural, therefore, the Verb is also of the Plural Number.
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