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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 21:41:49 -0600
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From: David Salo <dsalo@s...>
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Vicentini Emanuele wrote:
 (I don't know if 'nu' requires a specific case... Ardalambion
doesn't say it)

	I think there is a difference in usage according to the meaning of nu:

When nu is merely static, "sitting or standing under", it takes the nominative:

	nu luini tellumar "under blue domes"

But when nu expresses motion to a position under, it takes the allative:

	turcildi lantaner nu huinenna "the Numenoreans fell under shadow"

This could express certain real differences:
	vantanye nu yanta "I walked under a bridge" (without leaving its
shelter)
	vantanye nu yantanna "I walked (from elsewhere) under a bridge (and
presumably stayed there)"

I'm not sure how, then you would express the idea "I walked under a bridge"
-- in one side and out the other -- possibly vantanye nu yantallo?  This
seems odd.

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