Case is the use of different forms of nouns or pronouns to show their functions in a sentence, or case shows a noun's or a pronoun's relationship with the other words in a sentence.
Type of Case :
- Subjective Case
- Objective Case
- Possessive Case
- Vocative Case
Subjective Case : The Subjective case is the case used for a noun or pronoun that is the subject of a verb.
Objective Case : The objective case is used for nouns and pronouns that function as objects.
Possessive Case : The possessive case is used for showing possession. The possessive case applies to nouns , pronouns, and determiners.
Vocative Case : The Vocative case is used to show direct address. In English, words in the vocative case are offset using commas.
When studying a foreign language, you will quickly encounter the following terms:
- Nominative Case
- Accusative Case
- Genitive Case
- Dative Case
- Instrumental Case
The table below shows how nouns and pronouns change (or don't) in the various cases.
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