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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
Astia-case go-cop-PT
‘I go to Astia’
5. aiŋ aiŋ-a  hatu-te sen-a-iŋ
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

hu
i-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

 khoil-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

 bi
a

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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