
ALT Some of the unusual and cool grammatical cases seen in Veps: Abessive - without (hebota, "horseless") Additive (2) - towards (hebolepäi, “towards the horse”) Approximative (2) - going up to (hebonnoks, “going up to the horse”) The difference here is very subtle. Both of these indicate “motion towards something” but the approximative has an extra implication of “being near the thing”. For example: if you’re saying “I’m going to the exit” you use the additive. You’re heading in the direction of the exit. But if you mean more “I’m going to the exit to inspect it” there’s the implication that you’re going up close to it for an extended period of time. In this case you use the approximative Partitive - indefinite or partial (hebod, “a horse” | heboid, “some horses” / “one of the horses”) Translative - becoming (heboks, “turning into a horse”)




















