Prepositional Phrases
A prepositional phrase comprises a preposition and its noun phrase complement, assigning that complement some semantic role within the clause or verb phrase that the prepositional phrase modifies.
Prepositions are derived from corresponding verbs by clipping. For example, the preposition cici ⟨ci⟩ — bymarks the complement as an agent marks its object as an agent and is derived from the verb cim, agent.
| Case | Gloss | Preposition | Verb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subjective | sʙᴊ | ŋɪ | ŋɪθ |
| Relational | ʀʟɴ | qa | qac |
| Agentive | ᴀ | cici ⟨ci⟩ — bymarks the complement as an agent | cim |
| Causal | ᴄᴀᴜs | slo | slon |
| Causal-final | ғɪɴ | tce | tceh |
| Conditional | ᴄᴏɴᴅ | xo | xotθ |
| Instrumental | ɪɴs | da | dan |
| Possessive | ᴘᴏs | me | mep |
| Partitive | ᴘᴛᴠ | bo | bol |
| Identical | ɪᴅᴇɴᴛ | kʊ | kʊv |
| Semblative | sᴇᴍʙʟ | kɪ | kɪr |
| Comparative | ᴄᴏᴍᴘ | ve | vek |
| Locative | ʟᴏᴄ | lɪ | lɪf |
| Lative | ʟᴀᴛ | we | wef |
| Ablative | ᴀʙʟ | xu | xun |
| Perlative | ᴘᴇʀ | zi | zij |