• Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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        6 days ago

        That depends on who you ask.

        Some linguists, such as Albert Thumb, argue that the vocative form is not a case but a special form of nouns not belonging to any case, as vocative expressions are not related syntactically to other words in sentences. Pronouns usually lack vocative forms.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocative_case

        It seems in English speaking countries it is treated like a case, in Germany it isn’t.

        • teft@piefed.social
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          6 days ago

          I’m just shitposting, amigo. I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

          The point stands that most english speakers would be confused by grammatical case since english doesn’t have that feature.