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by kazinator
2495 days ago
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From tutorial: > Neoslavonic has 7 grammatical cases. Fascinating. The vocative case has disappeared from Slovak (but not Czech). It exists historically, and is still available for ironic contexts, but scholars consider it dead. Historically, for instance in the Lord's Prayer: Otče náš, ktorý si na nebesiach, ... (Our Father who art in Heaven ...). This "otče" is the vocative case of "otec" (father), something a modern speaker wouldn't use to address his or her father. Ironically, in phrases like chlapče môj ... (my dear fellow/boy ...), vocative of "chlapec" (boy). |
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