Nominative	subject	performs action of verb
Genitive	"of"	modifies another noun
Dative	"to, for"	indirect object
Accusative	direct object	receives action of verb
Ablative	"by, with, from, in,"	"adverbial"
Vocative	"hey!"	direct address

In each of the following sentences, identify the syntactic function of each noun

• The poet gives large roses to the girl.

• The girls give the roses of the poet to the sailors.

• Without money,  the country of the girls is not strong.

Nominative	rosa	rosae
Genitive	rosae	rosârum
Dative	rosae	rosîs
Accusative	rosam	rosâs
Ablative	rosâ	rosîs
Vocative	rosa	rosae

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