Neo-Quenya/Allative

Usage

The allative corresponds to the preposition "towards" (and this is frequently abbreviated to "to").

So it is used for destinations:

lelyuvan i ciryanna "I shall go to(wards) the boat"

or for a direction in which the action is performed:

quentes Elendilenna "he spoke to(wards) Elendil"

lenden ostonna "I went to town"

The preposition "into" is translated by mir followed by a nominative:

lenden mir osto "I went into town"

The allative is also used with following verbs:

caita- "lie", to express whereupon the subject "lies":

i cirya caita i falmannar "the ship lies upon the waves"

tulya- "lead", to express whereinto the subject "is lead":

tulyan i nér i taurenna "I lead the man into the forest"

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Formation

We discuss each of the numbers separately:

Singular

The basic ending is -nna after vowels and -enna after consonants.

Most words simply add this ending:

aran "king" → aranenna

tári "queen" → tárinna

vendë "girl" → vendenna

Words that have a stem-form use this stem-form:

nís "woman" → nissenna

curo "device" → curunna

lómë "night" → lóminna

Exceptions:

words ending in -n contract with the ending:

mindon "tower" → mindonna

words ending in -l change l + nna into lda:

menel "heaven" → menelda

When using these rules you have to look at the final letter of the stem-form (and not at the final letter of the nominative):

talan "floor" → talamenna (stem-form talam-)

nén "water" → nenna (stem-form nen-)

The allative of contracted stems (see Stem-forms) doesn't use the stem-form but the nominative singular:

toron "brother" → toronna (stem-form torn-)

Doubled N-stems also use the nominative singular:

olwen "branch" → olwenna (stem-form olwenn-)

Plural

The ending is -nnar after vowels and -innar after consonants.

macil "sword" → macilinnar

elda "elf" → eldannar

Exception:

words ending in -n contract with the ending:

mindon "tower" → mindonnar

doubled N-stems use the nominative singular:

olwen "branch" → olwennar (stem-form olwenn-)

Dual

u-duals get -nna:

aldu "a pair of trees" → aldunna (nom.sing.: alda)

in t-duals the final -t is replaced by -nta:

ciryat "a pair of ships" → ciryanta (nom.sing.: cirya)

aranet "a pair of kings" → aranenta (nom.sing.: aran)

Partitive Plural

We add -nnar or -nna to the nominative partitive plural:

ciryali "some ships" → ciryalinnar/ciryalinna (nom.sing.: cirya)

(but the ending -nnar is preferred)

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