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The Halcarnian case system makes it difficult for speakers of of Indo-European languages to grasp-especially if you're used to using prepositions to place a noun. Thankfully, this case system doesn't extend into the articles '''a''' and '''the''' as in German. In fact, the absence of the definate article '''the''' automatically renders '''a''':
'''DanuÞ abudä.''' ''There is '''a''' house''. but:
'''DanuÞ di abudä.''' ''There is '''the''' house''.
Not all prepositions in Halcarnian are noun markers; those such as: ''between, against'', and prepositional phrases such as, ''inspite of, contrary to, in aid of, in respect of,'' etc are all rendered as standard Dalcurian (with spelling changes).

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Finno-dalcurian (Halcarnian) cases
case suffix English prep. example translation
Grammatical
nominative   - abudä house
genitive -at of abudäat of (a) house
accusative - an - abudäan house (as an object)
Locative (internal)
Inessive -(a)sa in abudäasa in (a) house
Elative -(a)sta from (inside) abudäasta from (a) house
Illative -en into abudäen into (a) house
Locative (external)
Adessive -la at, on abudäla at (a) house
Ablative -(a)lta from abudäalta from (a) house
Allative -(a)le to abudäale to (a) house
Marginal
Essive -(a)na as abudäana as a house
Translative -(a)csi to (role of) abudäacsi to a house
Instructive -in with (the aid of) abudäin with (a) house
Abessive -ata without abudäata without (a) house
Comitative -ane together (with) abudäane with my house(s)

The Halcarnian case system makes it difficult for speakers of of Indo-European languages to grasp-especially if you're used to using prepositions to place a noun. Thankfully, this case system doesn't extend into the articles a and the as in German. In fact, the absence of the definate article the automatically renders a:

DanuÞ abudä. There is a house. but:

DanuÞ di abudä. There is the house.

Not all prepositions in Halcarnian are noun markers; those such as: between, against, and prepositional phrases such as, inspite of, contrary to, in aid of, in respect of, etc are all rendered as standard Dalcurian (with spelling changes).