What are the five main cases in latin, and what are their uses?

Nominative case: this is used for the subject of the sentence, the person or object which is doing the action. Accusative case: this is used for the object of the sentence, the person or object which the action is being done to. Genitive: this case is frequently used to express possession, and is translated into English using the preposition "of".Dative: this case is used to show an interest in the action of the verb.Ablative: this case tends to be translated as "by/with/from" which one is chosen, is decided by the context of the sentence.