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Oblique Pronouns

In Nithalos there is an increasing trend to contract pronoun/particle combinations into a single word (forming kinds of oblique cases). This is not considered to be a case declension since it only occurs in pronouns, and only in some pronouns. Note that this only applies to singular pronouns; plural pronouns cannot contract - ever.

anmoevkoso
"only"an ađmođev ađko ađso ađ
da"because of"adamo daedako daso da
vi"from"an vimo viev vikov
kovi
sov
sovi
vo"also, too"avomov
movo
evoko voso vo
eg"to, for"aneymue
moe
eveykoeysoey
go"with, by"agomog
mogo
egokogsog
om"about"aommomeomko omso om
or"for, in order to"armorerkorsor
šo"as, like"ašomo šoešoko šoso šo
to"to"ato
at
moteto
et
kot
kođ
sot
sođ
us"without"ausmo useuskussus

Where there are two in the same cell, is where the two forms are interchangeably used. Of course, the full forms can also be used; they do not have to be contracted, and in some cases, are preferred not to be. This is generally because of ambiguities that could be created because of similar words or homophones. For example, an + to makes ato. The word ato also means 'eventually' which could cause some confusion potentially. The below example illustrates that.

Mo ato arkiva
You eventually walked
Mo ato arkiva
You walked to me

The two above could be ambiguous, and in the latter case, an to or even at would probably be used instead. Sometimes however, the context is clear enough that the contraction can still be used. At is more likely to be used when the following verb starts with a vowel (such as ešti (go) or arki (walk)).