sje

Radestrian

Alternative forms

• -șe (pronominal enclitic after -n)
• -uș (pronominal enclitic after -a)
• uș (before the definite article)

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian uși, și, from Old Radestrian ŭši, inherited from Proto-Radic *ıši, from Proto-Hirdic *ɯ́c̱i, from Proto-Laenkean *ʔɯci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ/
• Rhyme: -ɛ ⁽²⁰⁰⁾

Preposition

sje

1. (spatial) at, round (abode/establishment)

   venșe

   round mine

   sje stíma

   at a friend’s house

   uș ag ardesa

   at work

2. (temporal) with, upon, at, in the event of [with dative]

   Uș a raba dzirșu skunsk húeș hvolta ubitad.

   With the death of his husband, he couldn’t do anything.

3. (abstract) refers to typicalities or generalisations, with [with dative]

   Kaor gjeș vânșe.

   That’s how it is with him.

Usage notes

• Before the definite article, the form uș is used.
• The enclitic form is used in combination with weak pronominal complements:

Combined pronominal forms of sje
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]	venșe	ranșe	vânșe	vanșe	dzmenșe	dzatunșe	sjánșe	vjenșe	vainșe	dzinșe	dzjenșe	bjáșe	binșe	kauș	okauș	váșe	uvauș	báșe	bunșe	bjáșe-vá	binșe-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)