I remember that Estonian has multiple grammatical cases marking some kind of
location. I recently learned that the particle `を` can be used to mean
something like "out of" or "from", for an action that involves continuous
movement, such as,

> うちをでます。

This reminds me of the [elative
case](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elative_case), which marks "out of" or
"from", e.g. `maja` is the Estonian word for "house", and `majast` means
something like "out of the house". Is this case comparable to the function of
`を` in the above sentence, or are the concepts too different for this analogy
to be useful? The reason I ask is because I suspect I haven't fully grokked
this particle usage.

Please could you use furigana for any kanji you write in an answer.
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particles particle-を linguistics
Is the particle を in をでる comparable to elative case?
“を” is used as “from” only when used with a verb meaning “get out”. Usually
“から” is used for “from”. Where both can be used, the meanings are different.

> ⚪︎ 家{いえ}を出{で}る  
>  Get out of home to go somewhere (eg. shopping).
>
> ⚪︎ 家から出る  
>  Get out of house (not necessarily to go somewhere; eg. to clean your
> garden).
>
> ⚪︎ バスを降りる  
>  Get off the bus because you have arrived at your destination.
>
> ⚪︎ バスから降{お}りる  
>  Get out of the bus (not necessarily because you have arrived at your
> destination; eg. because the bus is broken).
>
> ⚪︎ 家から行{い}く
>
> × 家を行く
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