Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Би Улаанбаатараас ирсэн.
I came from Ulaanbaatar.
Гэрээс гарлаа.
Left from home.
Юунаас айдаг вэ?
What are you afraid of?
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Marks movement away from a place or source. Suffix follows vowel harmony: -аас (back: а,о), -оос (back: о), -ээс (front: э,ө,ү,и), -өөс (front: ө).
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Practice ExercisesWrong vowel harmony in ablative suffix
Using dative instead of ablative for 'from' meaning
Би Улаанбаатараас ирсэн.
I came from Ulaanbaatar.
Улаанбаатар (back vowels а) + -аас = Улаанбаатараас.
Гэрээс гарлаа.
Left from home.
гэр (front vowel э) + -ээс = гэрээс (ablative).
Юунаас айдаг вэ?
What are you afraid of?
Ablative also marks the source of feelings: айдаг (afraid) takes ablative.
Practice in course
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