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A descendant of a language with developed noun and adjective cases, Themsaran preserves vestigial case marking. | A descendant of a language with developed noun and adjective cases, Themsaran preserves vestigial case marking. | ||
=====Irregular definiteness===== | =====Irregular definiteness===== | ||
The definite unpossessed inflection is a generalization from the accusative case, which marked the definite direct object in addition to adverbial uses, certain oblique objects and time expressions. As such definiteness is required in objects of a small number of prepositions and verbs, and some time expressions (e.g. ''nǐežȁm'' "today", ''krúamâ/ra̋zȁ/ħíŋšȁ/minâ | The definite unpossessed inflection is a generalization from the accusative case, which marked the definite direct object in addition to adverbial uses, certain oblique objects and time expressions. As such definiteness is required in objects of a small number of prepositions and verbs, and some time expressions (e.g. ''nǐežȁm''/''minâm''/''krúamâm'' (< *''nējžȁ-mî'' etc., instead of **''nējžè-mî'') "today"/"tonight"/"tomorrow", ''krúamâ/ra̋zȁ/ħíŋšȁ/minâ'' "in the morning/at daytime/at dusk/at night") and adverbial expressions. | ||
=====Fossilized oblique cases===== | =====Fossilized oblique cases===== | ||