Editing Vocative case (section)

==Mandarin==
Mandarin uses no special inflected forms for address. However, special forms and [[morphemes]] (that are not inflections) exist for addressing.

Mandarin has several particles that can be attached to the word of address to mark certain special vocative forces, where appropriate. A common one is 啊({{lang-zh|c=啊|p=a}}) attached to the end of the address word. For example, 日记({{lang-zh|c=日记|p=Rìjì}}) "diary" becomes 日记啊 ({{lang-zh|c=日记啊|p=Rìjì a}}).

Certain specialized vocative morphemes also exist, albeit with limited applicabilities. For instance, the [[Beijing dialect]] of [[Mandarin Chinese]], to express strong feelings (especially negative ones) to someone, a neutral tone suffix ''-ei'' may be attached to certain address words. It is most commonly applied to the word {{lang|cmn|孙子}} (''sūnzi'', "grandson"), to form ''sūnzei'', meaning approximately "Hey you nasty one!". Another example is {{lang|cmn|小子}} (''xiǎozi'', lit. "kid; young one"), resulting in ''xiǎozei'' "Hey kiddo!".