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3.10.1.3. Benefactive :
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This
case denotes the being in whose interest the action indicated
by the verb is done. This case is expressed by ts k n .
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| Examples |
1. -n
y -tsñkñn
tskrò
 thán
sáí-chò
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| I-nom my wife-for ornaments
new buy-past |
| I bought new ornaments
for my wife. |
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2. -n
mp-tskn
ótsì p -là
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| l-nom him-for rice
give-pres |
| I give food (i.e.
cooked rice) for him |
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3. -n
tsvy-tsñkn
nu rà
chánché-chò
|
| I-nom my-son for
my feel-past |
| I felt story for
my son |
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| 4. mp-tskn
sálò
tí-và |
| his-for here neg-come
|
| Do not come for
him |
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3.10.1.4. Allative :
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This
case denotes the goal to be achieved or achieved by the
subject. This case is expressed by -,
lò and thì.
-
and lò are in variation and occur with the inanimate nouns.
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| Examples |
1. -n
 khù-ì
vó-chò
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| I-nom river
to go-past |
| I went to
the river |
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-na
khù-lò
vó-chò
|
| I went to
the river |
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| 2. mp-n
skl-ì
vó-chò |
| he-nom
school-to go past |
| He went
to the school |
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| -thìì
occurs with the animate nouns. |
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| Examples |
| 1. -n
tktr-thì
vó-chò |
| I-nom Doctor
to go-past |
| I went to
the Doctor. |
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| 2. mp-n
-thìì
r-là |
| he-nom
me-to come-present |
| He comes
to me. |
| This case also denotes
the goal to be achieved by the subject. |
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| Examples |
| 1. -n
wkh-ì
vó-v |
| I-nom wokha-to
go-future |
| I will go
to wokha. |
| or |
|
-n
khm-lò
vó-v |
| I will go to kohima. |
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3.10.1.5. Ablative : |
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This
case expresses the meaning that the object in question moves
from one place to another either at the spatial plane or
at the temporal plane. It denotes the source. This case
suffix is formed out of the combination of allative and
instrumental markers i.e. ì + ná =
ìná or lá + ná = lòná or thìì
+ ná =
thììná.
Conditioning factors are the same as for allative. i.e.,
ìná or lòná occurs with inanimate nouns, thììná
occurs with animate nouns,
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| Examples |
| 1. -n
kì-lòná
vóchò
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| I-nom house-from go-past |
| I went from the house |
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| 2. mp-n
-thììná
kónì
vn-là
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| he-nom me-from for
live-pres |
| He lives far away
from me |
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