{"id":490,"date":"2011-12-10T07:45:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T06:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/?p=490"},"modified":"2011-12-09T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T10:24:19","slug":"spatial-and-motion-cases-in-high-eolic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jonafras.conlang.org\/?p=490","title":{"rendered":"Spatial and motion cases in High Eolic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided to provide a short summary of the forms and functions of the seven spatial and motion cases in High Eolic. Most of what follows is taken from my High Eolic Grammar (available as a PDF <a href=\"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/5436831\/High%20Eolic%20Grammar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), but in a compressed and (hopefully) more approachable form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>0. Summary of the spatial and motion cases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to its seven &#8220;basic&#8221; cases (nominative, genitive, benefactive, accusative, essive, sociative, and vocative), High Eolic also has seven cases dealing with location and direction. Like all cases in High Eolic, these are marked by suffixes on nouns, and are as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>antessive: <strong><em>-tan <\/em><\/strong>(vicinity; origin)<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>elative: <strong><em>-ang <\/em><\/strong>(movement from, from under, or away from)<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>inessive: <strong><em>-emec <\/em><\/strong>(location in or under)<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>illative: <strong><em>-ett\u00c3\u00a1r <\/em><\/strong>(movement into or towards)<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>delative: <strong><em>-acir <\/em><\/strong>(movement down from)<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>superessive: <strong><em>-\u00c3\u00banin <\/em><\/strong>(location on or above)<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>sublative: <strong><em>-evis <\/em><\/strong>(movement on or onto; distribution)<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Although the core implications of these cases are spatial and directional, they also have other uses (including marking periods of time), as detailed in the sections below. Moreover, they can be combined with adverbs\/particles in order to convey more specific meanings with regard to location and direction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Antessive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The antessive case is marked by the suffix <em><strong>-tan<\/strong><\/em>. It denotes location <em>in front of, along<\/em>,<br \/>\nor <em>near<\/em> the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>r\u00c3\u00adc m\u00c3\u00a1r p\u00c3\u00a1rund-a-<strong>tan<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nkill.PERF.MID he\/she house-0-ANTESS-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she was killed in front of [his\/her] house\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The adverb <em>carnat<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcnear, nearby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 may be used to more explicitly mark a process as taking place near or in the general vicinity of, rather than directly in front of, the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>r\u00c3\u00adc m\u00c3\u00a1r <strong>carnat<\/strong> p\u00c3\u00a1rund-a-<strong>tan<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nkill.PERF.MID he\/she nearby house-0-ANTESS-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she was killed near [his\/her] house\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [= somewhere in the neighborhood]<\/p>\n<p>The adverb <em>mb\u00c3\u00barat<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcalong, along the side of\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 may be used to mark a process more explicitly as taking place along the length or side of a nominal in the antessive:<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>len nand\u00c3\u00a1ra-c <strong>mb\u00c3\u00barat<\/strong> lahess-a-<strong>tan<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nwe walk-IMPERF.1 alongside river-0-ANTESS-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153we walked by the river\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The antessive is also used to mark the location (\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcorigin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122) from which a directed action takes place, as in the following examples:<\/p>\n<p>(4)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>ng\u00c3\u00barn-av nu-sang\u00c3\u00a1nd-ut callang-es cur\u00c3\u00a1-<strong>tan<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nsee-IMPERF that-dog-DEF cow-ESS near-ANTESS<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That dog looks like a cow from here.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>(5)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>ras rac\u00c3\u00a1t-a cett\u00c3\u00a1-s-am n\u00c3\u00bam-a-lahess-a-<strong>tan<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nMIR enemy-INDEF shoot-IMPERF.NON1-TRANS other.side-0-river-0-ANTESS<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Enemies are shooting from across the river!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This usage of the antessive may sometimes overlap with that of the elative (see below), although the antessive seems to be preferred in transitive clauses where the syntactic subject is not itself moved in the action, but merely directs or initiates the movement.<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Elative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong>The elative case is marked by the suffix <em><strong>-ang<\/strong><\/em>. It denotes the subject\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s movement <em>from<\/em> or from the underside or lower reaches of the marked nominal, and occurs most frequently in intransitive clauses:<\/p>\n<p>(6)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>\u00c2\u00a0ca-var\u00c3\u00a1nd-ut taranda-p trec\u00c3\u00a1-<strong>ng<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nmy-father-DEF escape-PERF city-EL-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153my father escaped from the city\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The adverb <em>r\u00c3\u00a1ya<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcunder, below\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, also occurring as a nominal prefix <em>ra-<\/em>, may be used to more explicitly mark a process as taking place from the underside of or from \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbelow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(7)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>rac\u00c3\u00a1t-\u00c3\u00a1 lers\u00c3\u00a1 <strong>r\u00c3\u00a1ya<\/strong> c\u00c3\u00a1rt-ang-\u00c3\u00a1 (= <strong>ra<\/strong>-c\u00c3\u00a1rt-ang-\u00c3\u00a1)<\/em><br \/>\nenemy-PL come.PERF under mountain-EL-PL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the enemies came from below the mountains\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>A secondary function of the elative is to mark <em>reasons<\/em> for processes:<\/p>\n<p>(8)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>linger-\u00c3\u00a1 narnat\u00c3\u00a1-v s\u00c3\u00a1rt-<strong>ang<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nbanner-PL flutter-IMPERF wind-EL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the flags were fluttering in the wind\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [= because of the wind]<\/p>\n<p>Nominals in the elative are also used to mark continuous periods of time:<\/p>\n<p>(9)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>m\u00c3\u00a1r sic\u00c3\u00a1nd-arav-am ng\u00c3\u00bayend-al r\u00c3\u00baleng-<strong>ang<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nhe\/she trade-ITER-TRANS wheat-ACC summer-EL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\/she [always] trades in wheat during the summer [every year].\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>This can also occur <em>metonymically<\/em>, i.e. to denote a status, role, or occupation in a way analogous to a time period:<\/p>\n<p>(10)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>lurc\u00c3\u00a1-m m\u00c3\u00a1l mercand-<strong>ang<\/strong> carn-ur-a-l\u00c3\u00a1ya-r<\/em><br \/>\nmeet.with-TRANS he.ACC officer-EL time-GEN-0-two-GEN<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I met with him twice during [his time as] an officer.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Inessive<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The inessive is marked by the suffix <em><strong>-emec<\/strong><\/em>. It denotes location <em>inside<\/em> or <em>under<\/em> the<br \/>\nmarked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(11)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>r\u00c3\u00adc m\u00c3\u00a1r p\u00c3\u00a1rund-<strong>emec<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nkill.PERF.MID he\/she house-0-INESS-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she was killed in [his\/her] house\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Again, <em>r\u00c3\u00a1ya<\/em> or <em>ra-<\/em> may be used to more explicitly mark a process as taking place under or below the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(12)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>r\u00c3\u00adc m\u00c3\u00a1r <strong>r\u00c3\u00a1ya<\/strong> mbuca-<strong>mec<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nkill.PERF.MID he\/she under tree-INESS<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she was killed under a tree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Nominals in the inessive are also used to mark single points in time<strong><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>(13)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>lurc\u00c3\u00a1-m m\u00c3\u00a1l ung-a-n\u00c3\u00a1h-<strong>emec<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nspeak.with-TRANS he\/she.ACC day-0-second-INESS-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I spoke with him\/her on the second day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The inessive may also have an <em>inceptive<\/em> meaning when used with nouns that denote periods of time, leading to potential ambiguity that can obly be resolved from context:<\/p>\n<p>(14)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>m\u00c3\u00a1r s\u00c3\u00a1ta lap\u00c3\u00a1-rav Arand\u00c3\u00a1l-ett\u00c3\u00a1r r\u00c3\u00baleng-<strong>emec<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nhe\/she FUT go-ITER Arand\u00c3\u00a1la-ILL summer-INESS<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she will be going to Arand\u00c3\u00a1la when summer begins\u00e2\u20ac\u009d OR \u00e2\u20ac\u0153at some point in the summer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>For further specification of timeframes, additional particles or adverbs must be used. For example, to specify that an event happened \u00e2\u20ac\u0153before X\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, the adverb <em>tayat<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcearlier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 must be used together with the appropriate noun in the inessive:<\/p>\n<p>(15)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<em>crunga <strong>tayat<\/strong> nand\u00c3\u00a1ra-yis ett\u00c3\u00ads-<strong>emec<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\ntoday earlier walk.around-IMPERF.NON1 sunrise-INESS<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she was walking around today before sunrise\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>As with the elative, metonymic use of the inessive is also possible:<\/p>\n<p>(16)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>\u00c2\u00a0lurc\u00c3\u00a1-m m\u00c3\u00a1l ess\u00c3\u00a1t mercand-<strong>emec<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nmeet.with-TRANS later officer-INESS<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I met with him after [he had become] an officer.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Illative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The illative is marked by the suffix <em>&#8211;<strong>ett\u00c3\u00a1r<\/strong>. <\/em>It denotes movement to, into, towards, or towards the underside of the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(17)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>ca-var\u00c3\u00a1nd-ut taranda-p reng\u00c3\u00a1va-<strong>tt\u00c3\u00a1r<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>my-father-DEF escape-PERF foreign.place-ILL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153my father escaped to a foreign land\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Yet again, <em>r\u00c3\u00a1ya <\/em>or <em>ra- <\/em>may be used to more explicitly mark a process as taking place toward the underside of or toward \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbelow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(18)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>rac\u00c3\u00a1t-\u00c3\u00a1 lers\u00c3\u00a1 <strong>r\u00c3\u00a1ya<\/strong> c\u00c3\u00a1rt-<strong>ett\u00c3\u00a1r<\/strong>-\u00c3\u00a1<br \/>\n<\/em>enemy-PL come.PERF under mountain-ILL-PL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the enemies came under the mountains\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [= to a place below the mountains]<\/p>\n<p>A secondary function of the illative is to mark purposes for actions or changes of state of the subject of a clause. Note that such use implies strictly a change in the syntactic <em>subject<\/em>, rather than any other argument:<\/p>\n<p>(19)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>tan\u00c3\u00a1-p ma-ring-al-ut t\u00c3\u00a1rs-ett\u00c3\u00a1r<\/em><br \/>\nabandon-PERF his-wife-ACC-DEF rich-ILL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153[he] abandoned his wife [in order for him [!] to become] rich\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Some verbs also take an indirect object in the illative, especially verbs that imply some form of movement towards the object:<\/p>\n<p>(20)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>niliss\u00c3\u00a1-m tiral <strong>matt\u00c3\u00a1r<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>send-PERF.DITRANS something.ACC he\/she.ILL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I sent something to him\/her\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>(21)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>m\u00c3\u00a1r sind-am calend-al-ut <strong>catt\u00c3\u00a1r<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>he\/she ask-PERF.DITRANS money-ACC-DEF I.ILL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she asked me about the money\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [= \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcconveyed to me\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 a question about the money]<\/p>\n<p>With the verb <em>lers\u00c3\u00a1cam <\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcarrive, come to\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, the illative appears to mark the <em>direct object<\/em>, suggested by the use of transitive morphology on the verb while no other verbal argument (apart from the subject) may occur:<\/p>\n<p>(22)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>lers\u00c3\u00a1-m trec\u00c3\u00a1-<strong>t\u00c3\u00a1r<\/strong>-ut<br \/>\n<\/em>arrive-TRANS city-ILL-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I arrived to the city\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Delative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The delative is marked by the suffix <em>&#8211;<strong>acir<\/strong>. <\/em>It denotes movement <em>down from<\/em>, <em>from the<\/em> <em>top of<\/em>, or <em>from<\/em> <em>above<\/em> the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(23)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>rac\u00c3\u00a1t-\u00c3\u00a1 lers\u00c3\u00a1 c\u00c3\u00a1rt-<strong>acir<\/strong>-\u00c3\u00a1<br \/>\n<\/em>enemy-PL come.PERF mountain-DEL-PL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the enemies came down from mountains\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The adverb <em>yerang <\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcabove, high above\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 may be used to more explicitly mark a process as taking place from the above of or from a place higher than the location of the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(24) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>rac\u00c3\u00a1t-\u00c3\u00a1 lers\u00c3\u00a1 <strong>yerang<\/strong> tass\u00c3\u00a1nd-<strong>acir<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nenemy-PL come.PERF above fortress-DEL-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the enemy came down from above the fortress\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [= from a place higher than where the fortress is located]<\/p>\n<p>Some verbs also take indirect objects in the delative, especially verbs that imply an effort to keep a <em>distance<\/em> between the direct and indirect object on part of the subject:<\/p>\n<p>(25)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>ratt\u00c3\u00a1s-\u00c3\u00a1 n\u00c3\u00ba-rem-\u00c3\u00a1rte le-cunda-c-ut rac\u00c3\u00a1-<strong>cir<\/strong>-\u00c3\u00a1<\/em><br \/>\nsoldier-PL protect-ITER.NON1-IMPERF.DITRANS our-land-BEN-DEF enemy-DEL-PL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Soldiers protect our land from [our] enemies.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>(26)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>m\u00c3\u00a1r mb\u00c3\u00a1-rem-\u00c3\u00a1rte mbutt\u00c3\u00a1-c marn-<strong>acir<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nhe\/she guard-ITER.NON1-IMPERF.DITRANS sheep-BEN wolf-DEL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she guards sheep from wolves&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Superessive<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe superessive is marked by the suffix <em>&#8211;<strong>\u00c3\u00banin<\/strong>. <\/em>It denotes location <em>on<\/em>, <em>on the top of<\/em>, or <em>above<\/em> the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(27)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>r\u00c3\u00adc m\u00c3\u00a1r mb\u00c3\u00adrand-<strong>\u00c3\u00banin<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>kill.PERF.MID he\/she hill-SUPERESS<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she was killed on a hill\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Again, the adverb <em>yerang <\/em>may be used to more explicitly mark a process as taking place above the location of the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(28)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>r\u00c3\u00adc m\u00c3\u00a1r <strong>yerang<\/strong> trec\u00c3\u00a1-y-<strong>\u00c3\u00banin<\/strong>-ut<br \/>\n<\/em>kill.PERF.MID he\/she above city-0-SUPERESS-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153he\/she was killed above the city\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [= at a place higher than where the city is located]<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Sublative<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The sublative is marked by the suffix <em>&#8211;<strong>evis<\/strong><\/em>. It denotes movement <em>onto<\/em>, <em>towards the top of<\/em>, or <em>to a place above<\/em> the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(29)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>rac\u00c3\u00a1t-\u00c3\u00a1 lers\u00c3\u00a1 c\u00c3\u00a1rt-<strong>evis<\/strong>-\u00c3\u00a1<br \/>\n<\/em>enemy-PL come.PERF mountain-SUBL-PL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the enemies came up to the mountains\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Again, the adverb <em>yerang <\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcabove, high above\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 may be used to more explicitly mark a process as taking place toward a place higher than the location of the marked nominal:<\/p>\n<p>(30) \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>rac\u00c3\u00a1t-\u00c3\u00a1 lers\u00c3\u00a1 <strong>yerang<\/strong> tass\u00c3\u00a1nd-<strong>evis<\/strong>-ut<\/em><br \/>\nenemy-PL come.PERF above fortress-SUBL-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the enemy came up to above the fortress\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [= to a place higher than where the fortress is located]<\/p>\n<p>A noun in the sublative with the prefix <em><strong>n\u00c3\u00bam<\/strong>&#8211; <\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcother, other side\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 can mark a process as taking place <em>over<\/em> or <em>across<\/em> somewhere:<\/p>\n<p>(31)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>ca terang <strong>n\u00c3\u00bam<\/strong>-a-cr\u00c3\u00a1vind-<strong>evis<\/strong>-ut<br \/>\n<\/em>I jump.PERF other.side-0-stream-SUBL-DEF<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I jumped over the stream\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>A further function of the sublative is to mark <em>distribution<\/em> of the process across the surface of the marked nominal, within a context characterized by it, or among instances of it:<\/p>\n<p>(32)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>liv\u00c3\u00a1rn-is s\u00c3\u00barev-ut cirn-<strong>evis<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\ncarry.MID-IMPERF water-DEF man-SUBL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the water was carried &#8216;among the men&#8217;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (= \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the men took turns to carry the water\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n<p>This usage is especially frequent in poetic speech, often as an alternative to more conventional transitive constructions:<\/p>\n<p>(33)\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>r\u00c3\u00adc m\u00c3\u00a1ca ratt\u00c3\u00a1s-<strong>evis<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em>kill.PERF.MID they warrior-SUBL<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153[some] of the soldiers were killed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided to provide a short summary of the forms and functions of the seven spatial and motion cases in High Eolic. 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