Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
| Line 764: | Line 764: | ||
=====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'' (1) or ''-ai'' (2); and the allative, often found in purpose expressions, ends in ''- | 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 ''-st''. | ||
The instrumental/locative suffix ''-īl'' derive adverbs and prepositions of location, manner or concern. The feminine counterpart ''-ai'' form adverbs from original feminine nouns, and has derived "in language X" adverbs and the instrumental preposition ''nai'' itself. | The instrumental/locative suffix ''-īl'' derive adverbs and prepositions of location, manner or concern. The feminine counterpart ''-ai'' form adverbs from original feminine nouns, and has derived "in language X" adverbs and the instrumental preposition ''nai'' itself. | ||