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|| -o- || -t- || "the place [near the listener]" || "there" | || -o- || -t- || "the place [near the listener]" || "there" | ||
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Examples: | |||
Pepenvénok penéedam. "His letter has been written here." | |||
Stanȁfotlì, šenȁnädù saséen? "Did she stand there when the murder took place?" | |||
Binȁbom, šenȁnädù saséen. "I was with him / at his place when the murder took place." | |||
Binȁbdäälòm, šenȁnädù saséen. "I was yesterday with HIM / at his place, when the murder took place." [Not: ''Binȁbomdȁäl'' is a second grammatically option but puts an emphasis on the time rather than on the person, so "I was YESTERDAY with him." [not today or the day before yesterday]. | |||
Temporal endings | |||
This clase of endings is much larger than the previous. The proto-language had temporal adverbs that combined tense suffixes with expressions of time [day, year, month, ...] to creat meanings like "tomorrow, yesterday, the day before yesterday, and so on." In the development, this adverbs changed in a manner that gave rise to the the development of suffixes. A few examples will clearify the process: | |||
{| class= "bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align: center;" | |||
! English !! Proto-language !! Early form !! modern form !! suffix | |||
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| today || adelo || adaló || daaló || daal || -daal- | |||
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|| yesterday ||ädalo || ädäló || dääló || dääl || -dääl- | |||
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|| next year || oyeló || oyoló || yooló || yool || -yool- | |||
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