Re: stress and accusative in Uusisuom

Daniel44 wrote:
>Hi Matt,
>
>'Kiroja suuollu yllule'
>
>kiroja = (the) book
>suuollu = is (3rd person singular of the verb 'suuti' - to be)
>yllu = he
>le = for
>
>Translation: 'the book is for him'
Since you write "yllule" as a single word (rather than as pronoun plus
postposition "yllu le"), I'd be tempted to analyze it as case-inflected
form. A "benefactive" or "dative" case I guess. Or it could be seen as a
clitic. What other "adpositional" affixes are there?

                                                      Andreas
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