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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 | ||||
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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).