Lative case

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Lative is a case which indicates motion to a location. It corresponds to the English prepositions to and into. The lative case belongs to the group of the general local cases together with the locative and separative case.

The lative case in various languages

The lative case is typical of the Uralic languages and it was one of the Proto-Uralic cases. It still exists in many Uralic languages, e.g. Finnish, Erzya, Moksha, and Meadow Mari.

Finnish

In Finnish, the lative case is not productive anymore. It occurs in various adverbs, e.g. alas 'down', kauemmas 'farther off', pois 'away', and rannemmas 'closer to the shore'. The lative suffix is usually -s.