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| order-PFV.E.3SG <nowiki>=</nowiki>1SG Caescar-ACC.SG mother-ACC.PL their-T.ACC.PL sate-GER.DAT post-DAT.PL | | 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'}} | |'I ordered Caescar to the boarder to appease their parents'}} | ||
The ablative and instrumental cases of the gerund can be used to express cause, i.e. 'by doing x,' or 'because x.' The ablative generally marks unintentional or natural causes, whilst the instrumental marks intentional cause. | |||
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| tlānae ustae quo peannā rēve cōmus pūterē | |||
| flower-ACC.PL that(medial)-C.ACC.PL <nowiki>=</nowiki>and plant-GER-ABL do-PFV-E.3SG house-ACC.SG beautiful-ADV | |||
|'By planting all these flowers you've made the house beautiful'}} | |||
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| ustan prī tētē harēnam matrī eminnōrun restērāvist pāliōnū gaeticae | |||
| that(medial)-C.ACC.SG before 1SG-ABL paper-ACC.SG senator-DAT.SG send-GER-INSTR assure-PFV-MID.2SG governor-ESS.SG Gaetica-GEN.SG | |||
|'By sending the senator that letter before me, you've assured your place as governor of Gaetica'}} | |||
==Semantics== | ==Semantics== | ||