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Vocative

Vocative is for calling or addressing someone by name or title.

How to spot vocative

Look for the clue first: you are speaking to the person, often in a greeting, request, or call.

CluePattern
Addressing someone
name
Petr
Petře!
name
Jana
Jano!
person
kamarád
kamaráde!
title
pan Novák
pane Nováku!
title
doktor
doktore!
family
maminka
maminko!
name ending -e
Lucie
Lucie!

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