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.

		an	mo	ev	ko	so
ađ	"only"	an ađ	mođ	ev ađ	ko ađ	so ađ
da	"because of"	ada	mo da	eda	ko da	so da
vi	"from"	an vi	mo vi	ev vi	kov kovi	sov sovi
vo	"also, too"	avo	mov movo	evo	ko vo	so vo
eg	"to, for"	aney	mue moe	evey	koey	soey
go	"with, by"	ago	mog mogo	ego	kog	sog
om	"about"	aom	mom	eom	ko om	so om
or	"for, in order to"	ar	mor	er	kor	sor
šo	"as, like"	ašo	mo šo	ešo	ko šo	so šo
to	"to"	ato at	mot	eto et	kot kođ	sot sođ
us	"without"	aus	mo us	eus	kus	sus

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)).