la

Radestrian

Alternative forms

• -la (pronominal enclitic)

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian la, from Old Radestrian læ, inherited from Proto-Radic *læ, from Proto-Hirdic *læ. from Proto-Laenkean *læh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la/
  • (colloquial) /lɤ/
• Rhymes: -a ⁽⁵⁸⁾, -ɤ ⁽⁵⁾

Preposition

la

1. (spatial) in, at

   Lá láfolá vage.

   I’m at the café.

2. (spatial) into, to
3. (temporal) on, in (day, month) [with dative]

   lá varygun

   on Monday

   lá gjembrava

   in May

   la atíșa varygun irgutvoșa

   on 22^nd October

Usage notes

• Refers to bound spaces.
  • For immersion, e.g. in a liquid, see tí.
• When followed by the definite article, la combines with the article to produce the following forms:

Combined forms of la
+ a	+ a'	+ ag	+ ai	+ i	+ u
lá	lá'	l'ag	l'ai	l'i	l'u

• The enclitic form is used in combination with weak pronominal complements:

Combined pronominal forms of la
case	personal											interrogative- existential		demonstrative		quantifier
	SG				PL					REFL	RECP	ANIM	INAN	PROX	DIST	collective		indefinite		general indefinite
	1	2	3		1		2	3								ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN	ANIM	INAN
			ANIM	INAN	INCL	EXCL		ANIM	INAN
[with dative]	vella	ralla	vâlla	valla	dzmella	dzatulla	sjálla	vjella	vailla	dzilla	dzjella	bjála	billa	kala	okala	vála	uvala	bála	bulla	bjála-vá	billa-vá
[with accusative]	vesla	rasla	vâsla	vasla	dzmezla	dzatuzla	sjázla	vjezla	vaizla	dzisla	dzjezla	bjásla	bisla	kazla	okazla	vaosla	utazla	byesla	busla	bjásla-vá	bisla-vá

See also

Radestrian spatial prepositions
space	position	goal	source	transit
exterior	lara [genitive] outside	lara [accusative] outside	allara [genitive] from outside	ýra [accusative] past, by
interior (bound space)	la [dative] in, at	la [accusative] into, to	an [genitive] out, from	ý [accusative] through
immersion	tí [instrumental] between, amidst, in	latí [accusative] between, into	antí [genitive] from between, out
establishment	sje [dative] at	sá [dative] to	tí [accusative] from
boundary	ní [instrumental] by, at, beside			ynan [dative] along
plane (unbound space)	er [dative] on, at	er [accusative] onto, to		ý [accusative] through
superior surface			ha [genitive] off	teșa [genitive] across, over
vertical/inferior surface	yn [dative] on	yn [accusative] onto	an [genitive] off	ynan [dative] across, along
company	vas [instrumental] with
absence	ir [accusative] without
centre	ralga [genitive] in the middle of	lavas [accusative] into the middle of	anvas [genitive] from the middle of	ervas [dative] around
anterior	svíma [dative] in front of, before, opposite	svíma [accusative] towards, against	ansvíma [genitive] from in front of
posterior	ha [dative] behind, after	ha [accusative] behind, after	ana [genitive] from behind
superior	fje [dative] above	fje [accusative] above	anfje [genitive] from above
inferior	taon [dative] below	taon [accusative] below	andaon [genitive] from below
vicinity	nvieru [genitive] near			hjeral [genitive] around

Radestrian temporal prepositions
before	time frame			after
	beginning	point of reference	end
svíma [dative] before, ago	tí [instrumental] within, in			ha [dative] after, in
	an [genitive] from (… on)	ha [accusative] for
	an [genitive] since, for		yn [accusative] until, by, for
		ý [accusative] during
		sje [dative] at, with, upon (event)
		er [dative] at (clock time)
		la [dative] on (day), in (month)

Riyan

Etymology

From Proto-Hirdic *læ (“in”), from Proto-Laenkean *læh- (“in”).

Pronunciation

• (Kuoma) IPA^(key): /la/, [lɑ]
• Rhyme: -a ⁽²⁾

Preposition

la

1. in, inside

   Na la dreŗa mai șiol.

   There are four chapters in the book.

2. on (date)

   Șaohaŗ la liŗe hirta alant.

   I'm travelling on the 5th Prindine of January.