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Direction

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1. Direction is added as a suffix to the noun.

2. The suffix changes based on the final sound of the noun.

3. It is expressed through the following ending:


Movement toward an object:

-va / -eva

-va after a vowel-final, -eva after a consonant-final

- I am going to the water — Ŕipumver oduv oŕa'va

- Father will go to the mountain — Bolver oduv kin'eva

- You were walking to Mother — Rivpadu taoduv mue'va

Movement away from an object:

-lo / -elo

-lo after a vowel-final, -elo after a consonant-final

- We came from a city — Namu tadafo susi'lo

- I am going from the water — Ŕipumver oduv oŕa'lo

- He is going from the house — Legor oduv seŕiŕ'elo

Movement into a destination:

-ni

(no allomorphy)

- You will come into the house — Rivpadu dafo seŕiŕ'ni

- Father is going into the city — Bolver oduv susi'ni

- I am going into the forest — Ŕipumver oduv feor'ni