Nouns in Seuna: Difference between revisions

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1	Nominative:	@
2	Accusative:	-s
3	Genitive:	-n
4	Dative:	-mu
5	Locative:	-teu
6	Instrumental:	-li
7	Inessive:	-pi
8	Benefactive:	-go
9	Adessive:	-jai
10	Ablative:	-da
11	Equative:	-fau
12	Partative:	-be
13	:	-lu
14	:	-koi

Nominative

Accusative

S if the noun is the "undergoer" in the sentence

Genitive

N "of" ... the genitive, denotes ownership In the situation were a clause is the subject or object of a sentence, in the clause the verb is in its full/citation form (actually a verbal noun), the subject is marked with the genative and the object with MU (or S

Dative

Locative

TEU "at, near, by" ... TEUCHA = around ?? "schoolTEU" = at school, "tuesdayTEU' = on tuesday

Instrumental

LI "with" ... instrumental, adverb forming, adjective forming "we went with friends", "to see with the eyes", "with care", "with great speed" saw.LI = with a saw(saw.JAI once considered), "I bought the doll for 25 baht"

Inessive

PI.."in" ... PIMU = into, PIDA = out of "schoolPI = "in the school building" as opposed to the more usual term "schoolTEU"

Benefactive

GO "for"

Adessive

JAI.."on, touching, incontact with, adjacent" ... JAIMU = onto, JAIDA = off contiguous with, about table.JAI = on the table, "I am talking about you lot", "He is a alcoholic", "He is in love"

Ablative

DA."from" ... DACHA = away from...This has a number of functions. The main one is as in "he walked home from school"..Another one is "I am taller from my father" Another one is "the bees kept the farmer from the honey in the hive"

Equative

FAU."as" ... (this denotes a temporary state as ) "I work as a waiter", "She replied in English", youngsterFAU = when I was a youth/in my youth/as a youngster, it is cubFAU big = considering it is a cub, it is big, as the city was captured we fled The case has the meaning of

while, and in the capacity of.

"equative case",

According to SIL:

Equative case is a case that expresses likeness or identity to the referent of the noun it marks.

It can have meaning, such as

as like, and in the capacity of.

or even an "essive case",

According to SIL:

Essive case is a case that expresses the temporary state of the referent specified by a noun.

Partative

the partative case marker "five of them', "she drank from the milk", "I watched the news", "he searched for his screwdriver(and did not find it)" ... If instead of "BE", "S" is suffixed in the above sentence, then the meaning of each one changes quite a bit.

vv

LU "without" ... the same as LI but opposite

yy

KOI "like, in the manner of" ... He walks like a woman. this denotes, not a generl likeness as CA does, but a likeness in relation to a particular action

Rubbish

There are 14 of these end-tags (cases if you will).

@ If the noun is the subject of the sentence or follows a preposition.

MU "to" ... MUTEU = upto, MUCHA = towards In the situation were a clause is the subject or object of a sentence, in the clause the verb is in its full/citation form (actually a verbal noun), the subject is marked with the genative and the object with MU.

CA.."-ish" ... denote likeness or similarity, does not denote a temporary state as FAU does

-NI equivalent to "to" or "for" i.e. comeARA HITANI xxS = I am coming in order to hit her ???? AN = reason, ANMU = in order to, ANDA = because

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