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A descendant of a language with developed noun and adjective cases, Themsaran preserves vestigial case marking.
A descendant of a language with developed noun and adjective cases, Themsaran preserves vestigial case marking.
=====Irregular definiteness=====
=====Irregular definiteness=====
The definite unpossessed inflection is a generalization from the accusative case, which marked the definite direct object in addition to adverbial uses, certain oblique objects and time expressions. As such definiteness is required in objects of a small number of prepositions and verbs, and some time expressions and adverbial expressions.
The definite unpossessed inflection is a generalization from the accusative case, which marked the definite direct object in addition to adverbial uses, certain oblique objects and time expressions. As such definiteness is required in objects of a small number of prepositions and verbs, and some time expressions (e.g. ''nǐežȁm'' "today", ''krúamâ/ra̋zȁ/ħíŋšȁ/minâ mî'' "this morning/daytime/dusk/night", instead of the normally grammatical ''*krûamè mī etc.'') and adverbial expressions.
 
=====Fossilized oblique cases=====
=====Fossilized oblique cases=====


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