That influenced the dictionary, but practically did not cause any changes to the grammar, so it remained purely Slavic. Slovene is referred to South Slavic subgroup, though it represents the stage somewhere between Western and Southern subgroups. There are 6 cases of nouns, vocative and ablative disappeared. Locative and instrumental cases can be used only with prepositions. Three numbers are still in use, and dual is used quite widely, in nouns, pronouns and verbs.
Verbs have present, past, future tenses, imperative and subjunctive moods.
Among verbal forms infinitive and supine can be named. The prepositions can stand before nouns in genitive, dative, accusative, locative and instrumental.