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Locative case

The locative case is found in some classical Indo-European languages, particularly Sanskrit and Latin. It is still found in uncommon, archaic or literary use in certain modern Indian languages (such as Marathi in which a separate ablative case has however disappeared). It is in common use in Baltic and Slavic languages; in latter it is called prepositional.

The locative case corresponds vaguely to the preposition "in", "at", or "by" of English and indicates a final location of action or a time of the action.

In languages such as Finnish, there is a set of six distinct locative cases that express different relationships to location.

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