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====Locative==== | ====Locative==== | ||
:''See also: [[Attian#Possession|Attian possession]]'' | :''See also: [[Attian#Possession|Attian possession]]'' | ||
The locative case ({{sc|loc}}) vaguely corresponds to the English spatial prepositions of "by", "at", "in", and "on" | The locative case ({{sc|loc}}) vaguely corresponds to the English spatial prepositions of "by", "at", "in", and "on". However, the Attian locative also bears a temporal usage{{ex|=43}}, similarly to English "in an hour", "today", "after three o'clock". The Attian language does not have [[w:adpositions|adpositions]] in the traditional sense, to control the exact location of the locative, but rather [[w:proclitics|proclitics]]. These will be marked green. | ||
=====Locative proper===== | |||
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| colspan="3"|«''In an hour''» | | colspan="3"|«''In an hour''» | ||
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=====Lative locative===== | |||
Related to location is movement, and the locative can through a construction with the lative particle ''"a"'', transform the locative meaning to a lative or translative one. The particle and the proclitic adpositions will be marked green. | Related to location is movement, and the locative can through a construction with the lative particle ''"a"'', transform the locative meaning to a lative or translative one. The particle and the proclitic adpositions will be marked green. | ||
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The | =====Possessive locative===== | ||
The third purpose of the locative case is that it is also the main tool to express [[Attian#Possession|possession]], a construction very close to the [[w:Celtic|Celtic]] and [[w:Finnish|Finnish]] equivalents, confer: | |||
*''Minulla on talo'' - «I have a house» (literally: «There is a house at me») | *''Minulla on talo'' - «I have a house» (literally: «There is a house at me») | ||
This is the one of the ways of expressing [[Attian#Alienable|alienable possession]] in Attian, and it is never used for inalienable constructions. | This is the one of the ways of expressing [[Attian#Alienable|alienable possession]] in Attian, and it is never used for inalienable constructions. | ||