
Kazakh
Grammar
with
Affix
Ust
2.0.3
Accusative
* H
LI
/(possess
i
ve
accusative
*R ); indefinite
accusative
(s
ame
as
nominative):
recipient
of
an action
or
direct object
of
a transitive verb,
e.g.
a1KeM·.z:ti
Kepin
seeing
my elder s1ster (definite accusative)
aJKeM-e
>K~p.z:teM
6epin
helping
my
elder
sister (indefinite accusative)
6ar.z:tapnaM3Chi·H 1K83hln writing their program (definite accusative)
6ipaeme
KeKeaic
C8Thiil
any
to
buy~
vegetables (indefinite accusative)
2.0.4
Dative
* r
AI(
possessive
dative
*1>
1 H A
):
indirect object. goal
of
action
or
verbs
of
motion, instrumentality, e.g.
}KaM6Ltn-
ra
K,apail
3TTaBAJ>IK,.
We
set out toward Jarnbul.
)KaM6biJJ
K,anachl·Ba
K,apa.A
8TT8.B,tth1Jt,
. We
set
out toward the
city
of
Jambul.
V3a.K,K.a
C03
biJll'aH
cecciDI a session which lasted a long time
COK,K,biFa 1KhlK.K,aB knocked down by the blows
2.0.5
Locative
*JJ;A (possessive locative: *HJJ;A ): location
of
a state
or
process. time
expressions, e.g.
AnM8Tbt-.z:ta
TfpaMhiB
. I live in Almaty.
AnMaTbl K,anaci.I-H,I{a
TVP8Mbm
. I
Hve
m the
city
of
Ahruuy.
Meu
JCVl:l
·.z:te
HaB
>KeifMiH.
I eat bread every day.
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Kazakh
Grammar
with Affix
Ust
2.0.6
Ablative
* H
AH:
location
of
an action, action
direc
ted away from a goal;
degrees
of
com
parison:
cause
or
reason; by means
of
;
object
of
ao
antransitive verb, e.g.
AnM8Tbi·.z:t8R Ke.nreR
MI.IP38
the
gentleman who came (rom Almaty
On Me-BeB
8K,Ill3Cl>I
Ken He has more
money~
MXK,
-
Hi:u,
K,bJ3MeTKepnepi-BeB 6acx,a emxiM no one otber than KGB officers
3KOHOMBX8nhiK,
,I{8FA8Ph1C·T8R
because
of
the econom1c
k.tiW
Btan:Fau MeniMeT 6epy-AeR
6ac
Taptbm
by denying
having
given false
i
nformation
••Note
that
although most Kazakh grammars
give
*
,nA.H
as
the
ablative case. this
form
allows
for
the
application
or
the
same
assimilation
rules
as
the
the
aceusauve.
2.0.7
Instrumenta
l
The
instrumental case has
the
canonical shape *
MER
,
and
obeys the
same
co
nsonantal assimilation rules as other affixes having initial M·.
For example,
e3
Ke3iii.MeH Kepy to see with your own eyes versus
e3
K93i.Mi36eu Keprea6i3
we
have seen
wirh
our
ow11
eyes.
The
three syntactic functions
of
the instrumental
case
in
order
of
frequency
of
usage arc: 1.) as a conjunction and for noun!i and verbs,
2.)
a true instrumental
with
or
according to for nouns, 3 .) the indirect
object
of
certain verbs
And/in addition to
•
Nouns
Kon6HB
MeB
o~
1\V'AbtplilldK,Tapw
Kolbin
and
his hangers-on
caK,IIDdJlap
MeH
lC}'PC8ln'Tap
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