As a rule, the local case suffixes given above are not used directly with noun phrases that refer to a person or an animal (called animate noun phrases). An inessive, allative or ablative relation affecting such noun phrases may be expressed by using the suffixes inessive "-gan", allative "-gana", and ablative "-gandik", affixed to either the possessive genitive or the absolutive: "nigan" 'in me', "irakaslearengana" 'to(wards) the teacher' ("irakasle" 'teacher'), "zaldiengandik" 'from the horses' ("zaldi" 'horse'), "haur horrengandik" 'from that child', "Koldorengana" 'to(wards) Koldo'.