ABSTRACT
As seen in 7.2, the suffix -ni added to a non-animate noun produces a locative connotation (e.g. darasa “classroom” vs. darasani “in/into/from the classroom”, depending on the associated verb). In the presence of a suffix -ni, the regular class of the noun does not apply. Instead, nouns with a suffix -ni prompt the use of the locative agreement prefixes pa-, ku-, or mu- with adjectives, pronouns, and verbs. As we will see below (16.3), these types of agreement patterns can be triggered by some locative prepositions as well. Therefore, they are not considered as regular noun classes.
