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====== Essive case ====== | ====== Essive case ====== | ||
- | **//Essive case//** ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] as ESS) is the grammatical [[grammar_case|case]] used to describe state of noun or pronoun. It is marked with [[clitics|clitic]] [[adpositions|postposition]] " | + | **//Essive case//** ([[abbreviations|abbreviated]] as ESS) is the grammatical [[grammar_case|case]] used to describe state of noun or pronoun. It is marked with [[clitics|clitic]] [[adpositions|postposition]] " |
* To compare similarity: | * To compare similarity: | ||
- | * To make description of subject or object by comparing it with noun or pronoun. It is similar to adding English clitic particle " | + | * To make description of subject or object by comparing it with noun or pronoun. It is similar to adding English clitic particle " |
* To compare adjective with noun (e.g. "slick as fish" | * To compare adjective with noun (e.g. "slick as fish" | ||
- | * To express close similarity or equality of two objects, using additional preposition-like adjective " | + | * To express close similarity or equality of two objects, using additional preposition-like adjective " |
* To compare two objects using some adjective: "He is as tall as a giant" = "Takul târ nûr__si__" | * To compare two objects using some adjective: "He is as tall as a giant" = "Takul târ nûr__si__" | ||
- | * To compare some quality of an action: "He is working like an ox" = " | + | * To compare some quality of an action: "He is working like an ox" = " |
- | * To express title or appointments, | + | * To make adjectival phrase similar to English adjectives ending with " |
- | * To express state (temporal or stable), connected to time, age or quality: "I knew him as a child" = " | + | * To express title or appointments, |
- | + | * To express state (temporal or stable), connected to time, age or quality: "I knew him as a child" = " | |
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