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Some notes about cases
(Notes about orthography and beginning of nominal morphology)
(Some notes about cases)
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====Ergative====
====Ergative====
The ergative is used to mark the subject of a transitive sentence and to mark the genitive, specifically, marking the possessor of a possessed entity, except in sentences like "is my X", where the ergative falls in the pronoun.  
The ergative is used to mark the subject of a transitive sentence and to mark the genitive, specifically, marking the possessor of a possessed entity, except in sentences like "is my X", where the ergative falls in the pronoun.  
====Instrumental====
The instrumental also marks the indefinite "object" of syntactically intransitive verbs.
====Allative====
The allative also marks objective, beneficiary and destination.
====Ablative====
The Ablative is also used to mark the comparison's source, with the verb receiving the suffix -lu(k) before the person, number and mood suffix.
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;"
|+
<!-- Sentence -->
| colspan="8"| '''muu maalujuq siixipahahi'''
|-
<!-- Pronunciation-->
| colspan="8"| /muː maːˈluʐuk siːʂipaˈχaχi/
|-
<!-- Morphemes-->
|<small>muu</small>
|<small>maa</small>
|<small>-luk-</small>
|<small>-tuq</small>
|<small>siixipahaŋ-</small>
|<small>-hi</small>
|-
<!-- Gloss-->
|mouse
|small
| {{sc|comp}}
| -{{sc|3s.ind}}
|groundhog
|{{sc|abl}}
|-
<!-- Translations -->
| colspan="8"| ''A mouse is smaller than a groundhog''
|}
====Perlative====
The perlative indicates the manner or the way of transportation and also marks the path and the subject of the conversation.
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;"
|+
<!-- Sentence -->
| colspan="8"| '''vijunipisigik {{blue|qayipi?}}'''
|-
<!-- Pronunciation-->
| colspan="8"| /viʐuniˈsiʁik qaˈjipi/
|-
<!-- Morphemes-->
|<small>vip</small>
|<small>-tuni-</small>
|<small>-pisigik</small>
|<small>qayi</small>
|<small>-pi</small>
|-
<!-- Gloss-->
|talk-
| -{{sc|ger}}-
| -{{sc|3s.int}}
|winter
| -{{sc|perl}}
|-
<!-- Translations -->
| colspan="8"| ''Are you talking {{blue|about the winter?}}''
|}
===Verbs===
===Verbs===
===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===
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