Vocative case
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Vocative case
Beginning in chapter 4, the noun paradigms don't include the vocative case. I assume this means that it is identical to the nominative, but I just wanted to make sure. Thanks.
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You are correct. The vocative is the same as the nominative in all declensions with two exceptions. In the second declension the vocative masculine has a different form in the singular (but in the plural it is the same as the nominative plural). Second declension nouns that end in -us have the vocative in -e, second declension nouns that end in -ius have the vocative in -i.
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