lots of cases RE: Aesthetics

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Jorg Rhiemeier
> ...  These languages have what
> I call "case construction kits": there is a series of morphemes
> meaning 'on', 'in', 'under', etc., which combine with other
> morphemes meaning 'from', 'to', etc., yielding dozens of cases.
...

Sasxsek isn't inflected, but theoretically has no limit to the
number of "cases" that can be expressed.  Prepositions can be
compounded to form others, and if that isn't enough, the "-u" suffix
can be applied to a lexical morpheme to derive a preposition.

Basic forms are:

	e	= (nominative*)
	a	= (accusative*)
	fu	= to, towards (allative, also used for dative)
	tu	= at, in, by  (locative)
	mu	= (away) from (ablative)
	ju	= with, using (instrumental)
	su	= through, via (prolative)
	yu	= of (genitive/possessive)
	o	= (vocative)

	* omitted when used in the normal SVO word order.

Compounded:

	futu	= until, up to; as far as
	mutu	= since

Derivatives:

	hin		= interior
	hinu		= in
	tuhinu 	= inside of
	fuhinu	= into
	muhinu	= from inside of
	gol		= goal, target, intention
	golu		= for (the purpose of)
	tem		= theme, topic, subject
	temu		= about, concerning


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