Adverbial case

The adverbial case is a noun case in the Abkhaz language and Georgian language that has a function similar to the translative and essive cases in Finnic languages. The term is sometimes used to refer to the ablative case in other languages.

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In Georgian, the adverbial case has several functions. Its most common usage is to derive adverbs from adjectives, just as in English:

:"Pianinoze kargad ukravs" ("He/she plays the piano "well")

The adverbial case suffix is -"ad".

The adverbial case also acts as the essive case, as in:

:"Masc'avleblad mushaobs" ("He works "as" a teacher")

"Reference:" [http://www.armazi.com/georgian/ THE GEORGIAN LANGUAGE - An outline grammatical summary] .

The adverbial case is also employed when stating the name of a language:

:"Inglisurad lap'arakobs" ("He speaks English"):"Germanulad gadatargmna" ("He translated it to German")

With the passive future participle in "sa"-, the adverbial case often is used to form purposive or infinitival-like constructions:

:"Usatuod shevecdebi biletebi vishovo mag p'iesas sanaxavad ":Without a doubt I will try to get tickets to see this play. (Aronson, p. 402)

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