Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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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''. | 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 instrumental/locative suffix ''-īl'' derive adverbs and prepositions of location, manner or concern. There is another adjectival suffix, ''-ai'', whence comes "in language X" adverbs (e.g. ''themsárimai'' 'in Themsarian') and the instrumental preposition ''nai'' itself. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||