2. When the names of persons are in the vocative case, the personal article is not used. Thus we say:
| Mariano, cadí dao | (Mariano, come, please). |
| Pamatì, Juan | (listen, John). |
3. In the objective case of hi, can is used before the verb, and ni after the verb. Examples:
| An can Juan guinsurát | (what John wrote) |
| An guinsurát ni Juan | (what John wrote) |
N.B.—The indefinite article, when needed at the beginning of the sentence, is replaced by the phrase “usa ng̃a” So, if we wish to say “a boy came yesterday,” we should not say
| in batà nacánhi cacolop; but |
| usá ng̃a batà nacánhi cacolóp. |
This phrase usá ng̃a is not a perfect article, but it has the character of an adjective, even when used as an article. Therefore, both the indefinite in and the phrase usá ng̃a may be used in the same sentence. So, we can say, changing the regular order of the last sentence:
| Nacánhi cacolóp in usá ng̃a bata | (a boy came yesterday). |
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