Cases Of Nouns - Possessive, Vocative And Dative Case

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00:00Hi friends! Today we are going to learn about more noun cases. So let's start!
00:10We know that noun is a naming word, and all the naming words, that is, names of persons,
00:20animals, birds, places, things, even feelings or ideas are called nouns.
00:29Cases of nouns, pronouns, and we also learned that every noun has some relation with some other word in the sentence.
00:41The relationship between the noun and some other word in the sentence is called case.
00:49We have already learned about two cases of nouns and pronouns, nominative case and accusative case.
00:59Now the cases we are going to learn about are the vocative case, the possessive case, and the dative case.
01:11We are going to begin with the possessive case or genitive case of noun and pronoun.
01:20A noun or pronoun is said to be in possessive case or genitive case when it shows ownership, authority, origin, kind, etc.
01:35Let's learn this with the help of examples.
01:39That book is mine.
01:41The pronoun mine shows the ownership of the book.
01:46So the pronoun mine is in the possessive case, also called genitive case.
01:56That is Rika's car.
01:58The word Rika's shows the ownership of the car.
02:03So here, the word Rika's is a possessive or the genitive case as it is showing possession.
02:13Now let's learn how to make possessive cases of different nouns.
02:18If we have a singular noun, we can apostrophe s after it to make it a possessive noun.
02:27For example, girl, girls.
02:31Boy, boys.
02:34Child, childs.
02:37Here are some sentences.
02:40This girl's dress is very elegant.
02:45This boy's perfume is very nice.
02:50And if the noun is plural, for example, girls, we can make a possessive noun by adding an apostrophe in the end.
03:00Let's have a look at example sentences.
03:04Those girls' dresses are very nice.
03:09This means that the dresses of those girls are very nice.
03:15Here, girls with an apostrophe in the end is a possessive case of a plural noun.
03:24Let's have more cases of possessive cases of plural nouns.
03:29This is boy's perfume.
03:33This means that this perfume is for boys.
03:37Here, boys is a possessive case of a plural noun.
03:44This child's handwriting is very beautiful.
03:48Here, the word childs is a possessive case of a singular noun.
03:56All these books are mine.
03:59Here, the pronoun mine shows a possession of something.
04:05So, mine is a possessive pronoun.
04:10Your hair is very long.
04:13Here, the pronoun your shows possession.
04:18So, it's a possessive pronoun.
04:22Whose books are these?
04:25Whose spectacles are these?
04:28Here we have more examples.
04:30Vocative case of noun pronoun.
04:35Noun is said to be in vocative case when it's the name of the person being addressed in the sentence.
04:43Let's learn with examples.
04:46Lisa, come here and have your breakfast.
04:50Here, Lisa is noun in the vocative case as Lisa is being addressed or talked to.
05:00Hey Sam, let's play football.
05:03Here, Sam is in the vocative case as Sam is being addressed or talked to.
05:12Olivia, please concentrate on your work.
05:15Here, Olivia is a noun in the vocative case as Olivia is being addressed or talked to.
05:25Joy, you have been playing since five hours.
05:29Now, come inside.
05:31Here, Joy is in the vocative case of noun.
05:36John, will you come to play with me?
05:40Here too, John is in the vocative case.
05:45Oh John, you have done it in the wrong manner.
05:49In this sentence, the word John is in the vocative case as it's the name of the person we are talking to.
05:58So, the exact naming verbs are the nouns that are in the vocative case.
06:06Now, we have to learn the last case of the noun and it is the dative case.
06:13When a noun is used as an indirect object of the verb, it's said to be in a dative case.
06:20We will learn with examples.
06:23My father gave Tia a book.
06:27Father is the subject.
06:29Gave is the verb and he gave what?
06:35He gave a book.
06:37So, book is a direct object.
06:41And gave the book to whom?
06:43Gave the book to Tia.
06:46So, Tia is indirect object of the verb.
06:51So, Tia is said to be in the dative case.
06:56Here we have more examples.
06:59My mother made me a pizza.
07:02Mother is the subject.
07:04Made is the verb.
07:07And she made what?
07:09Pizza.
07:10So, pizza is the direct object.
07:14But mother made pizza for whom?
07:17For me.
07:19So, indirect object of the verb is me.
07:23So, me is said to be in the dative case.
07:29The teacher gave children a surprise test.
07:32Teacher is the subject.
07:35Gave is the verb.
07:37And gave what?
07:39Gave a test.
07:41So, test is the direct object.
07:45And gave test to whom?
07:47To the children.
07:50So, children is the indirect object of verb.
07:54So, it will be said to be in the dative case.
07:57So, friends, we have learned about the cases of nouns.
08:02There are five cases of nouns and pronouns in English.
08:07The nominative case.
08:09The objective case.
08:11The vocative case.
08:13The possessive case.
08:15The dative case.
08:19Now go ahead and take a quiz to learn more.
08:23Bye-bye.