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The are 5 types of case markers. Case markers indicate what entities are having the action done to them or are doing the action in relation to other entities within a sentence. The cases are as follows:
* The '''nominative and accusative''' cases are unmarked within the sentence and are usually determined by the order in which they appear in the sentence. For example: The sentence "The armed forces are invading that country" is translated as "''leHagan leKharish lejahdafiyal ludomineqa''". ''leHagan'' is the subject (or in the nominative case) while the object is ''ludomineqa'', which is in the accusative case. If you want to change the structure of the sentence so that the object is
*The '''genitive case''' indicates that one noun is possessed or proceeds from or is subordinate to another noun. This is marked by the prefix "a-". The genitive always follows the noun which possesses it or from which it proceeds. For instance "The teachers of this school are good" is translated as "''meRabiy '''a'''lumadrasarud mebenaan".''
*The '''locative case''' indicates that the noun is is site at which the action is being done. It precludes the need for a position-marking adjective or adverb. It is indicated by the "we-" prefix. For example. "The woman entered her house through the northern gate" is "''muFamiya muyadhaabayn lubayeet adhun '''we'''lubawaab luKeraat''" or "'''''we'''luBawaab luKeraat mufamiya muyadhaabayn lubayeet''".
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