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* Dative argument: dative case | * Dative argument: dative case | ||
* Instrument: instrumental case | * Instrument: instrumental case | ||
Patients of intransitive and interior verbs usually require the essive case instead of the accusative. An example is the structure "there is/are ... in ...", usually cast in locative-trigger voice: | |||
: ''keika lalāruṇęs virā.'' | : ''keika lalāruṇęs virā.'' | ||
: garden.<small>DIR.SG</small>. lalāruṇa-<small>ESS.SG</small>. be.<small>IND.PRES.3S.EXTERIOR-LOCATIVE</small>. | : garden.<small>DIR.SG</small>. lalāruṇa-<small>ESS.SG</small>. be.<small>IND.PRES.3S.EXTERIOR-LOCATIVE</small>. |
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