Bull oak tree-at In some Languages, the term (OBL) case is used ‘oblique’ to indicate both movement towards (allative) and location in the vicinity of (locative). In different languages, oblique case can appear on nouns that are objects, owners, etc, but not on nouns that are the subject. If specific information on location is required, adpositions, that is, prepositions (which come before the word, like English on, up, down, near’ etc) or postpositions ‘in, (which come after the word) can be used, eg, ngita bulutyata, the box tree’. ‘beside The form of the suffix changes depending on whether the noun is consonant final or vowel final. Ablative(ABL) From the tree Background concepts: Case case (consonant noun) General: – signifies galkang Grammatical: motion away Galk-ang Ablative signifies movement away from a noun, such as from a noun Tree-from movement from a The form of the suffix changes depending on whether the From the oak tree noun is consonant final or vowel final. (vowel final noun) ngarrikang ngarri-kang oak tree-from He walked from the camp. Yanggin larrang. Yangg-in larr-ang Walk-PAST camp-from
Bull oak tree-at In some Languages, the term ‘oblique’ (OBL) case is used to indicate both movement towards (allative) and location in the vicinity of (locative). In different languages, oblique case can appear on nouns that are objects, owners, etc, but not on nouns that are the subject. If specific information on location is required, adpositions, that is, prepositions (which come before the word, like English ‘in, on, up, down, near’ etc) or postpositions (which come after the word) can be used, eg, ngita bulutyata, ‘beside the box tree’. The form of the suffix changes depending on whether the noun is consonant final or vowel final. Ablative(ABL) case – signifies motion away from a noun From the tree (consonant noun) galkang Galk-ang Tree-from From the oak tree (vowel final noun) ngarrikang ngarri-kang oak tree-from He walked from the camp. Yanggin larrang. Yangg-in larr-ang Walk-PAST camp-from Background concepts: Case General: Grammatical: Ablative signifies movement away from a noun, such as movement from a The form of the suffix changes depending on whether the noun is consonant final or vowel final.
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