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 Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:32 pm
I'm making an inflected language, but I can't seem to wrap my head around Ablatives (well, cases in general, but mostly the ablative case).
Can anyone explain it to me?
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:28 pm
I beleive in Latin it's used when a noun is in a prepositional phrase, but other than that, I don't know much. Hope that helped slightly. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:31 am
Aaah, a bit, lol. Ok, I think my plan to use Latin cases is going out the window. Thanks for your help smile
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:08 am
No problem. =)
So what's the alternative? You could use French or German as a model if you really want inflection. (But I'd use German, because I like it better. =P)
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:16 pm
Well, I was thinking of something more along the lines of Latin or Russian. French and German aren't as inflected as I would like.
But I think I will just write out some test sentences and try to make up my own inflection system based on what I know. I think that will work out better in the long run. At least I can be sure that I will know what's what!
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:56 am
The ablative case is the inverse of dative. It works as "from" rather than "to." ^^
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Eccentric Iconoclast Captain
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:36 pm
Eccentric Iconoclast The ablative case is the inverse of dative. It works as "from" rather than "to." ^^ Isn't Dative the indirect object? Blegh, I hate cases!
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:48 am
Kukushka Eccentric Iconoclast The ablative case is the inverse of dative. It works as "from" rather than "to." ^^ Isn't Dative the indirect object? Blegh, I hate cases! In some cases, yes it is. sweatdrop Let's say the word for "place" is and the ablative singular suffix is <-o>, the stem for "go" is , and is the neutral positive ending.
So to say "go away from the place," you'd say .
If was in the dative and the ending was <-e>, you'd say for "go to the city."
Does that make sense? sweatdrop
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Eccentric Iconoclast Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:39 pm
It makes sense enough to me.
...But I'd rather stick with word order and adpositions. XD
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:57 pm
Okay, now I'm officially lost. O_o
Oh well, I'm a fan of the oblique case anyways, it's easier for lazy people like me. =P XD
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:26 am
Eccentric Iconoclast Does that make sense? sweatdrop Aye, thank you smile Xeigrich ...But I'd rather stick with word order and adpositions. XD But word order is so booooring. If imma gonna invent a language, it's gonna be exotic!
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:46 pm
Kukushka Eccentric Iconoclast Does that make sense? sweatdrop Aye, thank you smile Xeigrich ...But I'd rather stick with word order and adpositions. XD But word order is so booooring. If imma gonna invent a language, it's gonna be exotic! Boring but reliable. surprised Which reminds me, I need to work more on Ronya. Finally give Hungarian a run for it's money in the most-cases-race. I wonder how many cases I can jam into a single conlang and still have it be intelligible and speakable....
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