Editing Distributive-temporal case

{{Short description|Grammatical case specifying the time and manner of an event}}
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The '''distributive-temporal''' of a [[noun]] is a [[grammatical case]] specifying when and how often something is done.

==In Hungarian==
This case (-nta/-nte) in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] can express how often something happens (e.g. ''havonta'' "monthly", ''naponta'' "daily", ''telente'' "every winter", ''reggelente'' "every morning"); it can alternate with the [[distributive case]] in words of temporal meaning.

==In Finnish==
This [[adverb]] type in [[Finnish language|Finnish]] can express that something happens at a frequent point in time (e.g. "on Sundays" is ''sunnuntaisin''), or an origin (e.g. "born in" is ''syntyisin''). It is restricted to a small number of adverb stems and nouns, mostly those with the plural formed with an ''-i-'' suffix. The ending is ''-sin''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mäkinen|first1=Panu|title=Finnish Grammar - Adverbial Cases|url=http://users.jyu.fi/~pamakine/kieli/suomi/sijat/sijatadverbien.html|website=users.jyu.fi|publisher=University of Jyväskylä|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref>
For example, the root ''päivä'' (day) has the plural ''päivi-'', and thus the temporal distributive ''päivisin'' ("during the days").

The temporal distributive case specifies when something is done, in contrast to the [[distributive case]], which specifies how often something is done, as in regular maintenance. These sentences are a good example: ''Siivoan päivisin'' vs. ''Siivoan päivittäin''. The former (temp. dist.) means "I clean by day", implying the cleaning is done in the daytime, whereas the latter (dist.) means "I clean daily", implying that there's no day without cleaning.

If the plural has another form than ''-i-'', either ''joka'' (each) or the [[essive case]] is used. For example, ''uusi vuosi'' (New Year) is either ''joka uusi vuosi'' or ''uusina vuosina'', respectively.

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