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====Locative====
====Locative====
:''See also: [[Attian#Possession|Attian possession]]''
:''See also: [[Attian#Possession|Attian possession]]''
The locative case ({{sc|loc}}) vaguely corresponds to the English spatial prepositions of "by", "at", "in", and "on"{{ex|=41, 43}}. However, the Attian locative also bears a temporal usage{{ex|=43}}, similarly to English "in an hour", "today", "after three o'clock". The Attian language does not have [[w:adpositions|adpositions]] in the traditional sense, to control the exact location of the locative, but rather [[w:proclitics|proclitics]]. These will be marked green.
The locative case ({{sc|loc}}) vaguely corresponds to the English spatial prepositions of "by", "at", "in", and "on". However, the Attian locative also bears a temporal usage{{ex|=43}}, similarly to English "in an hour", "today", "after three o'clock". The Attian language does not have [[w:adpositions|adpositions]] in the traditional sense, to control the exact location of the locative, but rather [[w:proclitics|proclitics]]. These will be marked green.


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| colspan="3"|«''In an hour''»
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=====Lative locative=====
Related to location is movement, and the locative can through a construction with the lative particle ''"a"'', transform the locative meaning to a lative or translative one. The particle and the proclitic adpositions will be marked green.
Related to location is movement, and the locative can through a construction with the lative particle ''"a"'', transform the locative meaning to a lative or translative one. The particle and the proclitic adpositions will be marked green.


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The secondary purpose of the locative case is that it is also the main tool to express [[Attian#Possession|possession]], a construction very close to the [[w:Celtic|Celtic]] and [[w:Finnish|Finnish]] equivalents, confer:  
=====Possessive locative=====
The third purpose of the locative case is that it is also the main tool to express [[Attian#Possession|possession]], a construction very close to the [[w:Celtic|Celtic]] and [[w:Finnish|Finnish]] equivalents, confer:  
*''Minulla on talo'' - «I have a house» (literally: «There is a house at me»)
*''Minulla on talo'' - «I have a house» (literally: «There is a house at me»)
This is the one of the ways of expressing [[Attian#Alienable|alienable possession]] in Attian, and it is never used for inalienable constructions.
This is the one of the ways of expressing [[Attian#Alienable|alienable possession]] in Attian, and it is never used for inalienable constructions.