For all non-animate nouns, the general classifier "-?a " is used, otherwise classifiers distinguish the nouns themselves.
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Historically the-s possessive has been used for animate nouns, whereas the " of " possessive has been reserved for inanimate nouns.
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Only an animate noun may be a possessor in the true possessive constructions shown below, with possession marked on the possessed NP in a number of ways.
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For masculine nouns, the accusative has remained the same as the nominative for inanimate nouns and for animate nouns it has become the same as the genitive.
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Gender is indicated on nouns by the selection of the plural inflectional suffix, /-al / for inanimate nouns, and /-ak / for animate nouns.
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As a rule, the local case suffixes given above are not used directly with noun phrases that refer to a person or an animal ( called animate noun phrases ).
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In Russian, the different treatment of animate nouns involves their accusative case ( and that of adjectives qualifying them ) being formed identically to the genitive rather than to the nominative.
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The genitive is used only with animate nouns and marks, besides the typical possessor and related functions, also a beneficiary, recipient, or complement of some verbs and nouns.
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In addition to class and number, animate nouns and pronouns ( except " I, " " we, " and " you " ) are marked in sentences as either proximate or obviative.
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In all other cases, when two or more animate nouns or pronouns appear in the same clause, one will be proximate ( the focus of the clause ) and the others will be obviative.
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