Case and Case Endings
In Kokborok there are the nominative, accusative, instrumental, ablative, locative and possessive cases.
Nominative | o |
Accusative | no |
Instrumental | hai |
Ablative | ni |
Locative | o |
Possessive | ni |
These case suffixes are used at the end of the noun/pronoun and there is no change in the form of the noun.
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