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2. a?e	some-ta?te	hi?-len-a
She	Soma-case	come-tense-cop

‘She came to Soma’

3. seta	h-ta?te	hi?-len-a
dog	man-case	come-tense-cop

‘The dog came to the man’

4. aiŋ	astia-te	sen-a-iŋ
I	Astia-case	go-cop-PT

‘I go to Astia’

5. aiŋ	aiŋ-a	hatu-te	sen-a-iŋ
I	I-case	village-case	go-cop-PT

‘I go to my village’

4.1.7.4.

Ablative case :

There are two case markers-tea, -ta?tea to express the ablative case relation. As it was stated in the dative case, here also we could say that there is actually only one case marker tea; when it is added with the animate noun ta? is added with tea; and tea occurs with inanimate noun. This case gives the meaning ‘from’, to say something comes from; or gives the meaning of separation. This may be seen in the following examples.

1. a?e	a?e-a	aba-ta?tea	pisa	nam-l-a
he	he-case	father-case	money	get-tense-PT

‘He got money from his father’

2. a?e	gaa-tea	da?a	au-l-a
she	river-case	water	bring-tense-cop

‘She brought water from the river’

3. ale	buru-tea	joko	hui-l-a
we	forest-case	fruits	collect-tense-cop

‘We collected fruits from the forest’

4. sakam	-ko	daru-tea	uru-jan-a
leaf	-pl.	tree-case	fall-tense-cop

‘The leaves fell from the tree’

5. a?e	a	etan-tea	k^hoil-ked-a
he	house	top-case	jump-tense-cop

‘He jumped from the top of the house’

4.1.7.5.

Locative case

The ecase marker is -re. This case tells the place in which the action takes place. This case marker gives the meaning such as ‘in’, ‘under’, ‘on’ etc. This may be seen in the following examples :

1. a?e	samaam	baks-re	do-led-a
She	gold	box-case	keep-tense-cop

‘She kept the gold in the box’

2. a?e	bir-re	tayu-a
he	forest-case	live-cop

‘He lives in the forest’

3. a?e	a-re	tai-len-a
he	house-case	stay-tense-cop

‘He stayed in the house’

4. a?e	moso¸a-re	du?p-len-a
she	mat-case	sit-tense-cop

‘She sat on the mat’

5. a?e	bia	ebul-latar-re	do-l-a
he	book	table-under-case	keep-tense-cop

‘He kept the book under the table’

4.1.7.6.

Associative case

This case marker is -lo. This case tells something about

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