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dative
- mark indirect object
- often corresponds to goal (or 'recipient') with verbs of transfer
- derived from Latin 'to give'
genitive

Mark NP that combines with another nominal category
partitive

expresses a partial or indefinite quantity
instrumental

semantic case
comitative
- semantic case
- marks accompaniment
local
- semantic case
- primarily concenred with expression of location, destination, source, and path
case marking hierarchy
- nom > acc > gen > dat > loc > abl/inst > others
- abs__ erg