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 ===== The comitative case =====
 The comitative case marks accompaniment, as in 'with' a person, or instrumental usage like 'with' a knife. It corresponds to 'with'. This case has only one form across all definitenesses and numbers. It is derived from an affixation of the postposition ''lor'' 'with'.
+=== Adjectives and adverbs (modifiers) ===
+Adjectives in Alhi decline just like nouns to agree with them, they also have the three declensions that nouns do. Adverbs are not phonologically unique from adjectives, so they have the same form. Adjectives and adverbs always go after the word they modify.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Declension of ''ada'' 'big', an A-type adjective
+! rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="2" |Indefinite
+! colspan="2" |Definite
+|-
+!Singular
+!Plural
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+|'''Nominative'''
+|'''''ada'''''
+|''adahal''
+|''adahali''
+|''adahei''
+|-
+|'''Accusative'''
+| rowspan="2" |''adaha''
+|''adahan''
+|''adahel''
+|''adahas''
+|-
+|'''Dative'''
+|''adahar''
+|''adahand''
+|''adahay''
+|-
+|'''Locative'''
+| colspan="2" |''adahem''
+| colspan="2" |''adahel''
+|-
+|'''Comitative'''
+| colspan="4" |''adahor''
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Declension of ''lur'' 'green', a U-type adjective
+! rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="2" |Indefinite
+! colspan="2" |Definite
+|-
+!Singular
+!Plural
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+|'''Nominative'''
+|'''''lur'''''
+|''lurul''
+|''luruli''
+|''lurau''
+|-
+|'''Accusative'''
+| rowspan="2" |''luru''
+|''lurun''
+|''luruni''
+|''luros''
+|-
+|'''Dative'''
+|''lurur''
+|''lurund''
+|''luruy''
+|-
+|'''Locative'''
+| colspan="2" |''lurem''
+| colspan="2" |''lurel''
+|-
+|'''Comitative'''
+| colspan="4" |''luror''
+|}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Declension of ''nist'' 'heavy', an I-type adjective
+! rowspan="2" |
+! colspan="2" |Indefinite
+! colspan="2" |Definite
+|-
+!Singular
+!Plural
+!Singular
+!Plural
+|-
+|'''Nominative'''
+|'''''nist'''''
+|''nistil''
+|''nistili''
+|''nistai''
+|-
+|'''Accusative'''
+| rowspan="2" |''nisti''
+|''nistin''
+|''nistini''
+|''nistas''
+|-
+|'''Dative'''
+|''nistir''
+|''nistind''
+|''nistiyi''
+|-
+|'''Locative'''
+| colspan="2" |''nistem''
+| colspan="2" |''nistel''
+|-
+|'''Comitative'''
+| colspan="4" |''nistor''
+|}
+=== Special forms of the indefinite nominative plural ===
+Many nouns and adjectives in Alhi end in ''il, ul,'' or ''al''. When these nouns are declined, this causes those endings to be repeated twice, but different endings are employed to prevent this.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Affixes to avoid repitition
+!Ending of noun
+!Indefinite nominative plural affix
+|-
+| -al
+| rowspan="2" | -il
+|-
+| -ul
+|-
+| -il
+| -al
+|}
+For example, the word ''dujul'' 'piece, Allotian currency' would be ''dujul'''ul''''' if this paradigm did not exist, but the actual form is ''dujul'''il'''.''
+=== Postpositions ===
+Postpositions, as stated in the name, generally go after nouns. The only time they do not go after nouns is if they have an adjective modifying them, in that situation they will go before the noun.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+List of postpositions
+!Word in Alhi
+!Translation
+|-
+|ler
+|in, on
+|-
+|lor
+|with
+|-
+|daja
+|against
+|-
+|te
+|without
+|-
+|o
+|at
+|}