Nouns

Cases

There are three bound cases in Old Inggirian.

The Genitive

The genitive expresses possession or composition, in the sense of the genitivus partitivus. It is formed with the morpheme -wag̃.

The Dative

The dative marks indirect objects of ditransitive verbs, as well as benefactive objects. It is marked with the morpheme -yoka.

The Locative

The locative marks the location or goal of an action. It is formed with the suffix -ag̃o.

The pseudo-cases

There are two cases that are marked by postpositions, the ablative and the comitative. They are still considered cases because they are syntactically obligatory in certain contexts, but they are still clearly separate morphemes, since like other postpositions they can occur phrase-initially without a modified noun to express a generic or resumptive meaning.

The Ablative

The ablative, marked with the postposition dagi, expresses cause or instrument of action or origin of motion.

The Comitative

The comitative, marked with the postposition megi, expresses being together with something or someone.

Pronouns

The personal pronouns have a separate accusative case, marked by -(y)a. The pronoun paradigms are as follows:

	1st	2d	3rd
	Singular Plural	Singular Plural	Singular Plural
Nominative	eg̃i eg̃gawa	endi endawa	ulu ulda
Accusative	eg̃ya eg̃gaya	enja endaya	ulwa ulja
Dative	eg̃iyoka eg̃gayoka	endiyoka endayoka	uluyoka uldayoka
Locative	eg̃iag̃o eg̃gawag̃o	endiag̃o endawag̃o	uluag̃o uldag̃o

There is also a reflexive pronoun ece. However, unlike the other pronouns, it has no special accusative form.

Cliticized pronouns

The pronouns can be cliticized to other words, either in their nominative forms or the dative. In the former case, they express possession (eba-lu, "his father"); in the latter, a they signal the appropriate object to a verb (ayu-ldayoka bokuyawa, "I gave this to them"). The clitic forms are slightly opaque, and listed below:

	1st	2d	3rd
	Singular Plural	Singular Plural	Singular Plural
Possessive	-(e)g̃i -(e)gwa	-(e)ndi -(e)nda	-(u)lu -(u)lda
Dative	-(e)g̃yoka -(e)gwayoka	-(e)njoka -(e)ndayoka	-loka -(u)ldayoka

The reflexive pronoun also has clitic forms. These are -(e)ce and -(e)coka.