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====Vocative==== | |||
Masculine given names (and a small number of common nouns) in Rumonian have a distinct vocative form. This ending, ''-u'', is not a continuation of the original Latin vocative; instead, it can be explained as a lengthening of the final vowel of original <small>-UM</small> nouns, therefore reconstructing the Pre-Rumonian form as *-ū, which prevented the vowel from being dropped. | |||
The vocative form is used, in popular speech, for every masculine given names which ends in a consonant; prescriptive grammar, however, does not accept it for the common Greek names which had a different ending (and typically end in stressed ''-os'', ''-on'', or ''-es'').<br/>Some examples: | |||
* ''Cir'' → ''Ciru!'' | |||
* ''Albert'' → ''Albertu!'' | |||
* ''Ginnar'' → ''Ginnaru!'' | |||
* ''Piatr'' → ''Piatru!'' | |||
* ''Xenofon'' → ''Xenofon!'' (standard), ''Xenofonu!'' (colloquial) | |||
* ''Diocles'' → ''Diocles!'' (standard), ''Dioclesu!'' (colloquial) | |||
* ''Arquimedi'' → ''Arquimedi!'' (does not end in a consonant) | |||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||