3. The _indirect object_, answering to the Latin oblique cases, viz.:
the genitive, dative, and ablative.
§ 3. THE NOUN OR SUBSTANTIVE.
1. The French noun, in its treble aspect of common, proper, and
collective, is analogous with that of the English, as: table, _table_;
Ernest, _Ernest_; peuple, _people_.
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2. A common noun may be composed of several words; it is then called a
compound noun, as: chaise-berceuse, _rocking-chair_; cerf-volant,
_flying-kite_.
§ 4. GENDER.