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| do-PFV-MID.1SG book-ACC.SG over life-ABL.PL Ilian-GEN.PL write-GER.ESS | | do-PFV-MID.1SG book-ACC.SG over life-ABL.PL Ilian-GEN.PL write-GER.ESS | ||
|'I tried (but failed) to write a book about the lives of the Ilians.'}} | |'I tried (but failed) to write a book about the lives of the Ilians.'}} | ||
The genitive and dative cases of the gerund are used to express aim, goal, or purpose. The genitive gerund marks the purpose or use of a noun, whilst the dative gerund marks the purpose of a verb or action. | |||
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| pea cūran vecons inceris moñennī | |||
| grow-C.3SG herb-ACC.SG illness-ACC.PL head-GEN.SG heal-GER.GEN | |||
|'They grow an herb for healing illnesses of the head'}} | |||
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| serue te Caescārin mumae ūī sahinnō pāliōna | |||
| order-PFV.E.3SG <nowiki>=</nowiki>1SG Caescar-ACC.SG mother-ACC.PL their-T.ACC.PL sate-GER.DAT post-DAT.PL | |||
|'I ordered Caescar to the boarder to appease their parents'}} | |||
==Semantics== | ==Semantics== | ||