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ಅವನು

ಅವನು

Kannada

Pronoun

ಅವನು (avanu)

  1. (masculine) that
  2. (that person) he

Declension

Case/Form Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Epicene Plural
Nominative ಅವನು (avanu) ಅವಳು (avaḷu) ಅವರು (avaru)
Accusative ಅವನನ್ನು (avanannu) ಅವಳನ್ನು (avaḷannu) ಅವರನ್ನು (avarannu)
Instrumental ಅವನಿಂದ (avaniṃda) ಅವಳಿಂದ (avaḷiṃda) ಅವರಿಂದ (avariṃda)
Dative ಅವನಿಗೆ (avanige) ಅವಳಿಗೆ (avaḷige) ಅವರಿಗೆ (avarige)
Genitive ಅವನ (avana) ಅವಳ (avaḷa) ಅವರ (avara)
Locative ಅವನಲ್ಲಿ (avanalli) ಅವಳಲ್ಲಿ (avaḷalli) ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ (avaralli)
Ablative ಅವನಲ್ಲಿಂದ (avanalliṃda) ಅವಳಲ್ಲಿಂದ (avaḷalliṃda) ಅವರಲ್ಲಿಂದ (avaralliṃda)
Illative ಅವನಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (avanallige) ಅವಳಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (avaḷallige) ಅವರಲ್ಲಿಗೆ (avarallige)

The locative, ablative, and illative forms are not considered cases by many modern authorities. Instead, they are considered combinations of the genitive case of the noun and "ಅಲ್ಲಿ," meaning "there." Therefore, "ಮರದಲ್ಲಿ" means "there of the tree." This explanation is likely because "ಅಲ್ಲಿ" can still be declined even in its combination with the genitive. For example, the "ablative" form is simply the instrumental case of "ಅಲ್ಲಿ" suffixed to the genitive. However, because many learners' grammars, traditional grammars, and a few modern authorities will give the locative case as a case, it has been included in the declension table. In any case, some may consider the locative a case that has evolved from a postposition anyway because "ಅಲ್ಲಿ" cannot be separated from the noun as with other postpositions.

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