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"For a long time (''heddorla'') you were (''olmfy'') deceiving yourself (''epriko, fyryelf'')." | "For a long time (''heddorla'') you were (''olmfy'') deceiving yourself (''epriko, fyryelf'')." | ||
==== Accusative and Oblique Cases ==== | |||
Teonaht does not make a morphological distinction between accusative and dative/ablative/locative (what I call the "oblique cases"), but prefers to express these other relationships through prepositions. Here's the chart: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! colspan="3" |'''c. Accusative and Oblique Cases.''' | |||
|- | |||
!Singular | |||
!Dual | |||
!Plural | |||
|- | |||
|'''õl''', "me" | |||
|'''brõs''', "us two" (inclusive) | |||
'''bros''', "us two" (exclusive) | |||
|'''rrõ''', "us" (inclusive) | |||
'''ros''', "us" (exclusive) | |||
|- | |||
|'''fel''', "thee" | |||
|'''broffend''', "you two" (informal) | |||
|'''fend''', "you" | |||
|- | |||
|'''sed''', "you" (formal) | |||
|'''brossend''', "you two" | |||
|'''send''', "you" | |||
|- | |||
|'''der''', "him" | |||
'''dam''', "her" | |||
'''ain''', "it" | |||
|'''brad''', "those two" | |||
|'''ad(we)''', "them" | |||
|- | |||
|'''on''', "one" | |||
|'''bron''', "a couple" | |||
|'''mimin''', "some" | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! colspan="3" |'''d. Genitive Case.''' | |||
|- | |||
!Singular | |||
!Dual | |||
!Plural | |||
|- | |||
|'''al''', "my" | |||
|'''bro''', "between us our" (inclusive) | |||
'''broy''' "between us our" (exclusive) | |||
|'''ro''', "our" (inclusive) | |||
'''roy''', "our" (exclusive) | |||
|- | |||
|'''fyl''', "thy" | |||
|'''bryl''' "thy" | |||
|'''fyl, fylin''', "thy" | |||
|- | |||
|'''syl''', "your" (formal) | |||
|'''brossyl''', "your" | |||
|'''syl, sylin''', "your" | |||
|- | |||
|'''lõ''', "his" | |||
'''la''', "her" | |||
'''aid''', "its" | |||
|'''brodwe''', "their" | |||
|'''twe''', "their" | |||
|} | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||