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=== -a / -an adverbials === | === -a / -an adverbials === | ||
The difference between -e / -en, -o / -on, has been sufficiently explained. | The difference between -e / -en, -o / -on, has been sufficiently explained. | ||
Adverbial words are very often used as postpositions, prepositions or conjunctions. | 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 -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. | 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. | 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. | ||