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=== -a / -an adverbials ===

The difference between -e / -en, -o / -on, has been sufficiently explained.

Adverbial words are very often used as postpositions, prepositions or conjunctions.

The suffix -an is used when the adverb is used as a preposition or conjunction, or more generally to show that the adverb connects primarily to the following word and not to the previous.

The suffix -a is used when the adverb is used as a postposition, or more generally to show that the adverb is connected primarily with the previous words before the meaning is joined to the following.

If there is no question whether the adverb joins primarily to the previous or to the next, -a is taken to mean "of" or "in relation to" the word it marks, while -an is taken to mean "with" or "by having" the word that follows -an.