nominative case
- noun
- /ˈnɑːmɪnətɪv keɪs/
- Specialized
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caso nominativo
- In English grammar, the pronoun "I" serves as an example of a noun in the nominative case.
Examples
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Thus, the pronouns are the subject of a subordinate clause and must be in the nominative case.
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Vice is a common substantive of the neuter gender, the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case.
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Simply put, you are a monolithic a-hole, and that sucks much, much more than confusing nominative case with objective case pronouns.
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In the sentence "She runs quickly," the subject "She" is in the nominative case.
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When analyzing sentences, it's important to identify the word in the nominative case that acts as the subject.
Synonyms
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A form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a sentence
The form a noun or pronoun takes when it is the subject of a verb
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'nominative' names the specific kind of grammatical case (for subjects) and 'case' names the inflectional category, so their combination directly yields 'the case used for subjects.' This is a transparent, technically labeled compound with clear cross‑linguistic equivalents (e.g., cas nominatif, caso nominativo), so a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Nominative case comes from the Latin word nomen, meaning 'name'. In old grammar the 'name' was the noun that tells who does the action, so the nominative case marks the 'subject' of the verb.