通つう格かく

noun

common case

A grammatical case used in some languages to mark the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb, contrasting with ergative case.

• 能のう格かく言げん語ごでは、自じ動どう詞しの主しゅ語ごと他た動どう詞しの目もく的てき語ごが通つう格かくで標ひょう示じされる。

  In ergative languages, the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive verb are marked with the common case.