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* Hard consonants are /n/, /t/, /d/ and /l/ | * Hard consonants are /n/, /t/, /d/ and /l/ | ||
* Soft consonants are /ɲ/, /c/, /ɟ/ and /ʎ/ | * Soft consonants are /ɲ/, /c/, /ɟ/ and /ʎ/ | ||
====Noun cases==== | |||
Nouns in Svojan can take one of 12 cases (4 "alignment cases"/"mažilikaru dáikný" and 8 "preposition cases"/"džiteruktę dáikný") : | |||
=====Alignment cases===== | |||
;Nominative | |||
:The nominative case is used to indicate the subject of a sentence, and the object of a predicate | |||
;Accusative | |||
:The accusative is used to indicate the direct object of a sentence. It is also used to indicate the complement of some adpositions, related to time | |||
;Genitive | |||
:The genitive case is used to indicate alienable possession | |||
;Dative | |||
:The dative case is used to indicate alienable possession, and the indirect object of a sentence | |||
=====Preposition cases===== | |||
;Lative | |||
:The lative case is used to indicate movement to a location | |||
;Locative | |||
:The locative case is used to indicate position in space, and to indicate the complement of adposition related to position | |||
;Ablative | |||
:The ablative case is used to indicate movement from a location | |||
;Instrumental | |||
:The instrumental case is used to indicate instruments of an action, and to indicate the complement of adpositions related to accompaniment | |||
;Privative | |||
:The privative case is used to indicate an absence | |||
;Causal | |||
:The causal case is used to indicate the reason of an action, and to indicate the complement of adpositions related to cause | |||
;Causal-final | |||
:The causal-final case is used to indicate the purpose of an action | |||
;Adpositional | |||
:The adpositional case is used to indicate the complement of adpositions not related to time, position, accompaniment nor cause | |||