Definitie & Betekenis van "elative case"

What is the "elative case"?

The elative case is a grammatical case used to indicate movement out of or from something. It often expresses the idea of "from" or "out of" in relation to a location or object. This case is found in languages such as Finnish and Estonian, where it changes the form of nouns to reflect this direction. For example, in Finnish, the word for "house" is "talo," and in the elative case, it becomes "talosta," meaning "from the house." The elative case helps clarify the origin of an action or state in a sentence.