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 irgutvusk

   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

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)