Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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=====Fossilized oblique cases===== | =====Fossilized oblique cases===== | ||
The frozen oblique cases (ablative, instrumental/locative and allative) are largely found in two lexical classes: adverbs and prepositions. | The frozen oblique cases (ablative, instrumental/locative and allative) are largely found in two lexical classes: adverbs and prepositions. | ||
Ablatives, found in causal expressions, end in ''-ēn'', ''-ān'', and ''-īn'' for the first, second and third declensions respectively; the instrumental/locative ends in ''-īl''; and the allative, often found in purpose expressions, ends in ''-šŧ''. | Ablatives, found in causal expressions, end in ''-ēn'', ''-ān'', and ''-īn'' for the first, second and third declensions respectively; the instrumental/locative ends in ''-īl'' (1) or ''-ai'' (2); and the allative, often found in purpose expressions, ends in ''-šŧ''. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||