Case: case
| Values: | Nom | Acc | Gen |
In Naija, Case is an inflectional feature of pronouns.
Case helps specify the role of the noun phrase in the sentence.
Nom: nominative
Typically used when a personal pronoun is used as the subject of a clause.
Examples
- a “I”
- you “you”
- im
- e “it”
- we “we”
- una “you guys”
- dem “them”
- de “they”
Acc: accusative
Typically used when a personal pronoun is used as a complement for a predicate.
Examples
- me “me”
- you “you”
- am “him”
- us “us”
Gen: genitive
Typically a noun ending in the clitic ‘s.
Examples
- Zimbabwe’s neighbour, di Botswana “Zimbabwe’s neighbor, Botswana”
Case in other languages: [am] [apu] [arr] [bej] [bg] [cs] [el] [eme] [en] [es] [ess] [et] [fi] [ga] [gn] [grc] [gub] [hu] [hy] [ka] [kmr] [koi] [kpv] [ky] [mdf] [myu] [myv] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tl] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj]