THE FUNCTION OF CASES IN HINDI AND THEIR MEANING IN THAI

Abstract

This academic article aims to study the functions of 8 cases in Hindi and their meanings in Thai language which are as follows;

1) Nominative case acts as a subject in a sentence.

2) Objective case is a word which refers to a person or a thing which is an object in the sentence.

3) Instrumental case acts as an aid to the actions.

4) Dative case functions as an indirect object in the sentence.

5) Ablative case acts as a separate reason.

6) Relative case expresses ownership or possession of something.

7) Locative case refers to the place or time of occurrence.

8) Vocative case acts as a word for calling or greeting each other.

The eight cases expressed by the post-positions or case-endings are placed after a noun or pronoun, except the vocative case which is put in front of nouns and the meanings of the post-positions are mostly consistent with the prepositions in Thai language.