Halcánian dialect
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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).
Word order
Generally, Halcarnian word order is SOV, though for emphasis it can change to OSV:
Minä abudäen gur. I'm going into a house. but for emphasis:
Abudäen minä gur! It's a HOUSE I'm going into!
