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- -ṣī is only used as an instrumental suffix in northeastern varieties of Marathi but is recognized as such by other speakers. Most speakers use this suffix as a variant of the adessive postposition पाशी pāṣi (en)
- In the case of indefinite and inanimate direct objects, Marathi exhibits Differential object marking and uses the unmarked form rather than the form with the accusative ending. Despite being used for a direct object, such unmarked nouns are still considered to be प्रथमा/कर्ता in the traditional analysis and it common to still use the word "nominative" to refer to them. (en)
- -te is obsolete in Modern Marathi but can be found in old poetry, and was the primary marker in Old Marathi (en)
- The -ī suffix must be used for some feminine stems that end in a consonant , and may be used for some masculine and neuter stems that end in a consonant . When ambiguous, the -ta suffix has a connotation of location inside a well-defined area in space or time, whereas -ī has a connotation of location "at" a less well defined space, time, or concept. As a rough analogy, the difference between gharāt and gharī, both locative cases of ghara , is similar to the difference between "in house" and "at home". (en)
- -s, while more prevalent in Old Marathi, is largely restricted to the formal written register, and typically used when talking about people. (en)
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