keme
/ keme /
Definitions noun ship, vessel, boat
Definitions noun craft, flying craft
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keme the ship | kemele the ships | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kemeni the ship's | kemeleni the ships' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kemeni the ship (as the object) | kemeleni the ships (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kemege to the ship | kemelege to the ships | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kemede at / in the ship | kemelede at / in the ships | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kemeden from the ship | kemeleden from the ships | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | kemem my ship | kemelerim my ships |
| your | kemeŋ your ship | kemeleriŋ your ships |
| his / her | kemesi his / her ship | kemeleri his / her ships |
| our | kemebiz our ship | kemeleribiz our ships |
| you all's | kemegiz you all's ship | kemelerigiz you all's ships |
| their | kemeleri their ship | kemeleri their ships |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kemeleri can mean "his / her ships", "their ship", or "their ships" — context decides.