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Hi!
I would like to ask one question.
In some language, like mine, which belongs to Tibeto-Burman group, when we make a declarative sentence, the subject noun has to be always accompanied by the corresponding pronoun.
In English, the arrangement woukd go like this - David he is singning.
We don't have to put a comma after David. It's just like that.
My question is this, the pronoun that follows the noun is definitely in a subjective case. What about the noun? What case is it in?
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Only the genitive/possessive form of a nouns has markings for case in English, so we don't generally talk of cases for nouns. We say simply that the noun (phrase) in sentences such as yours functions as the subject.
- Only the genitive/possessive form of a nouns has markings for case in English, so we don't generally talk of cases for nouns.
- We say simply that the noun (phrase) in sentences such as yours functions as the subject.
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Only the genitive/possessive form of a nouns has markings for case in English, so we don't generally talk of cases for nouns. We say simply that the noun (phrase) in sentences such as yours functions as the subject.
0Sangtea Paututhe pronoun that follows the noun is definitely in a subjective case.
Correct, English pronouns are inflected for case. That is a remnant from Old English, a highly-inflected Germanic language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_grammar#Noun
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