Signing your name vocative or nominative?

1. What are examples of vocative?
2. How do you identify a vocative case?
3. What is a vocative word?
4. How do you use vocative in a sentence?

What are examples of vocative?

For example, in the sentence "I don't know, John," John is a vocative expression that indicates the party being addressed, as opposed to the sentence "I don't know John" in which "John" is the direct object of the verb "know".

How do you identify a vocative case?

Vocative Case: The Basics

The vocative case is used for direct address. In other words, if you are speaking directly to someone, any term that you use to refer to them must be in the vocative. Usually you address someone by their name, but you might also use a term of endearment or an insult.

What is a vocative word?

Word forms: vocatives

countable noun. A vocative is a word such as `darling' or ` sir' that is used to address someone or attract their attention.

How do you use vocative in a sentence?

the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective that is used in some languages when you are talking to someone or something: I cannot remember ever hearing her use my first name in the vocative.