Melo language

There are eight cases in Malo. • Nominative • Accusative • Dative • Genitive • Instrumental • Commutative • Ablative ==Nominative case==

Nominative case has and for masculine and feminine markers respectively. However, if there is a vowel at the end of the noun, the masculine came marker will change to . Examples, Nominative feminine case takes the marker with definite marker . Examples, Proper nouns also take the nominative case marker and . Examples, ==Accusative case==

The marker is for masculine nouns. Example, The maker is for feminine nouns. It is attached to the definite marker ‘t’. Example, • Proper nouns are not inflected for the accusative case marker. == Similarities Between Nominative and Accusative ==

Masculine Nominative and Accusative Case Markers stay the same for the plural nouns which are and respectively. Nominative and Accusative Case Marker is always to be definite. Indefinite nouns do not take Nominative and Accusative Case. ==Dative case==

Dative Case Markers are and . Examples, ==Genitive case==

Genitive Case uses two different ways to express. 1. Possessive Pronoun before Possessed Noun. 2. Third person possessive pronoun marker ‘pa’ 1. Possessive pronoun: Examples, Deka afila – Deka's cloth Ta afila – my cloth E afila – his cloth 2. Here ‘pa’ refers to ownership. In third person possessive pronouns are replaced with pa. Examples, iz-a pa inda-t-o kad-e-z – She loved her mother. ==Instrumental case==

Instrumental case markers are and . Examples, ==Commutative case==

Commutative case markers are and - with ‘wola’. Here, the word ‘wola’ means together. Examples, ==Ablative case==

Ablative case markers are and . It depicts the place of departure and a source the noun comes from. Examples, == Notes ==