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Nouns and cases

Ablative, instrumental, and locative

Say from where, by what means, and in or at what place.

11 minute lesson

Start with three productive endings

For many regular place and object nouns, these endings attach to the noun stem. Irregular genitive patterns can also affect case formation, so frequent irregular nouns should be learned through complete phrases.

Three highly useful endings

CaseTypical endingArmenianTransliteration and English
ablative-իցԵրևանիցYerevanits’ — from Yerevan
instrumental-ովավտոբուսովavtobusov — by bus
instrumental-ովդանակովdanakov — with a knife
locative-ումՀայաստանումHayastanum — in Armenia
locative-ումդպրոցումdprots’um — at school

Examples

Ես Իտալիայից եմ։Yes Italiayits’ em.I am from Italy.Pronunciation: ts’ is aspirated.
Մենք ավտոբուսով ենք գնում։Menk’ avtobusov enk’ gnum.We go by bus.Pronunciation: k’ is aspirated.
Նա աշխատում է դպրոցում։Na ashkhatum e dprots’um.He / she works at school.Pronunciation: kh is throaty; ts’ is aspirated.

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