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The ablative case is makred by /nu i/
‘from’. |
| |
| ní |
mysore-nui
|
a ó
|
‘I am coming from Mysore’ |
| I |
mysore from
|
coming |
|
| ná |
lá-nui
senpuu |
akiya |
‘you (sg) take five rupees from her’ |
| you |
she from money |
five take (imp) |
|
| teka- |
nui
|
|
‘from the hand’ |
| hand |
from |
|
‘from the house’ |
| kí- |
nui
|
|
|
| house |
from |
|
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|
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The sociative case is marked by /ten/ ‘with’. |
| |
|
|
|
| ní |
k -pu-ten |
awó |
‘I went with my father’ |
| I |
my father with |
went |
|
| pá |
panok-ten |
au |
‘he came with them’ |
| he |
they with |
came |
|
| lá |
pá-ten |
awó |
‘she goes with him’ |
| she |
he with |
goes |
|
|
| |
|
The locative case is marked by /tak/, /ta/
and /nu/. /tak/ occurs with
animate nouns and / |
| tan/ and /nu/
with inanimate nouns. Of the latter two /ta/
is used if the place and time referred |
| to are near
the speaker and close to the speech event respectively. /nu/
is used when they are |
| farther. |
| |
onoki nási-tak az ké ‘we hit at the cow’ |
| we(nom) cow at hit |
| náy
k-tak
táy
maoc
‘you cannot find mistake in me’S |
| you (nom) my
in
mistake not find |
| áz-tak
‘at/ in the dog’ |
| dog in/at |
| pá
kí-ta
liyé
‘he is in the office’ |
| he
house in
is |
| lá office-ta
liyé
‘she is in the office’ |
| she
office in
is |
| |
| kca?la
alù?-nu
ci liyé
‘my daughter is away in the field’ |
| my daughter
field in the
is |
| panok
tuli-nu
liyé
‘they are away in Tuli |
| they Tuli in
are |
| |
|
The genitive case does not have any special marker. The
preceding noun has genitive |
| relationship
to the following noun. |
| |
| Examples
: |
| |
|
pá tepu
‘his father’ |
|
he father |
|
|
pá kí
‘his house’ |
|
he house |
|
|
lá teni
‘her nose’ |
|
she nose |
|
| patak tasika
‘duck’s wing’ |
|
duck wing |
|
| áz tepen
‘dog’s tail’ |
|
dog tail |
|
| tanó
kí
‘child’s house’ |
|
child house |
|
|
However, the singular personal pronouns in first and second
person have special oblique forms when they occur as genitive. |
|
|
n
pu
‘your father’ |
|
your father |
|
|
n
z
‘your dog’ |
|
your dog |
|
|
k-pu
‘my father’ |
|
my father |
|
|
k
kí
‘my house’ |
|
my house |
|
|
The third person singular pronoun has the oblique form when the
following noun is non-human |
|
|
pá
kakèt
‘his book’ |
|
his book |
|
|
lá
z
‘her dog’ |
|
her dog |
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