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The 7th Case: Why Ukrainian Retains the Vocative

While many Slavic languages have simplified their grammar over the centuries, Ukrainian has steadfastly retained the Vocative case—the "7th case"…

6 days ago

The Ablative Absolute: Latin’s Efficiency Hack

The Ablative Absolute is Latin's ultimate "zip file", allowing complex context into just two grammatically disconnected words. While this construction…

6 days ago

CamelCase vs. snake_case: The Grammar of Code

In the dialect of computer programming, spaces are illegal, forcing coders to adopt unique orthographic rules like CamelCase and snake_case…

7 days ago

The Slavic Oddity: Why Bulgarian Has No Cases

While most Slavic languages are infamous for their complex systems of noun cases, Bulgarian stands out as a unique linguistic…

7 days ago

Pashto’s Split Ergativity

Ever thought the 'subject' of a sentence was a fixed, simple concept? In Pashto, the grammatical role of the 'doer'…

3 months ago

No ‘The’ or ‘A’? How to Think Without Articles

For English speakers learning a Slavic language, the lack of words for 'a/an/the' can be a shock. These languages don't…

3 months ago

Who Did What? Case vs. Word Order

Ever wonder why you can't scramble an English sentence, but you can in languages like Latin or Russian? This analysis…

6 months ago

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