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The three locational cases are the dative (''męlyausire dirūnnevya'', actually a dative+lative case), ablative (''tųlunūkire ~''), and locative (''yuñcūkire ~'') ones; they express destination, provenience, and state respectively (see the links in the section below for more). | The three locational cases are the dative (''męlyausire dirūnnevya'', actually a dative+lative case), ablative (''tųlunūkire ~''), and locative (''yuñcūkire ~'') ones; they express destination, provenience, and state respectively (see the links in the section below for more). | ||
Aside from destination, the dative expresses the | Aside from destination, the dative expresses the receiver of a ditransitive verb: | ||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
| phrase = dānyom | | phrase = dānyom emęlyaṃte. | ||
| gloss = Dāneh-<small>DAT</small>. give-<small>IND.PERF.1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. | | gloss = Dāneh-<small>DAT</small>. give-<small>IND.PERF.1SG.EXTERIOR-AGENT</small>. | ||
| translation = I've given it to Dāneh. | | translation = I've given it to Dāneh. | ||