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Some notes about cases
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====Ergative==== | ====Ergative==== | ||
The ergative is used to mark the subject of a transitive sentence and to mark the genitive, specifically, marking the possessor of a possessed entity, except in sentences like "is my X", where the ergative falls in the pronoun. | The ergative is used to mark the subject of a transitive sentence and to mark the genitive, specifically, marking the possessor of a possessed entity, except in sentences like "is my X", where the ergative falls in the pronoun. | ||
====Instrumental==== | |||
The instrumental also marks the indefinite "object" of syntactically intransitive verbs. | |||
====Allative==== | |||
The allative also marks objective, beneficiary and destination. | |||
====Ablative==== | |||
The Ablative is also used to mark the comparison's source, with the verb receiving the suffix -lu(k) before the person, number and mood suffix. | |||
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | |||
|+ | |||
<!-- Sentence --> | |||
| colspan="8"| '''muu maalujuq siixipahahi''' | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Pronunciation--> | |||
| colspan="8"| /muː maːˈluʐuk siːʂipaˈχaχi/ | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Morphemes--> | |||
|<small>muu</small> | |||
|<small>maa</small> | |||
|<small>-luk-</small> | |||
|<small>-tuq</small> | |||
|<small>siixipahaŋ-</small> | |||
|<small>-hi</small> | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Gloss--> | |||
|mouse | |||
|small | |||
| {{sc|comp}} | |||
| -{{sc|3s.ind}} | |||
|groundhog | |||
|{{sc|abl}} | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Translations --> | |||
| colspan="8"| ''A mouse is smaller than a groundhog'' | |||
|} | |||
====Perlative==== | |||
The perlative indicates the manner or the way of transportation and also marks the path and the subject of the conversation. | |||
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | |||
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<!-- Sentence --> | |||
| colspan="8"| '''vijunipisigik {{blue|qayipi?}}''' | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Pronunciation--> | |||
| colspan="8"| /viʐuniˈsiʁik qaˈjipi/ | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Morphemes--> | |||
|<small>vip</small> | |||
|<small>-tuni-</small> | |||
|<small>-pisigik</small> | |||
|<small>qayi</small> | |||
|<small>-pi</small> | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Gloss--> | |||
|talk- | |||
| -{{sc|ger}}- | |||
| -{{sc|3s.int}} | |||
|winter | |||
| -{{sc|perl}} | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Translations --> | |||
| colspan="8"| ''Are you talking {{blue|about the winter?}}'' | |||
|} | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||