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====Possessive Adjectives==== | ====Possessive Adjectives==== | ||
Possessive adjectives decline according to the gender and number of the following noun only for the singular 1st, 2nd and 3rd persons, as follows: | |||
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! colspan="2;" | 1st | |||
! colspan="2;" | 2nd | |||
! colspan="2;" | 3rd | |||
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! style="width: 100px" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 100px" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 100px" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 100px" | Plural | |||
! style="width: 100px" | Singular | |||
! style="width: 100px" | Plural | |||
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! Masculine | |||
| ''mau'' | |||
| ''mai'' | |||
| ''tau'' | |||
| ''tai'' | |||
| ''sau'' | |||
| ''sai'' | |||
|- | |||
! Feminine | |||
| ''mia'' | |||
| ''mie'' | |||
| ''tua'' | |||
| ''tue'' | |||
| ''sua'' | |||
| ''sue'' | |||
|} | |||
The possessives for the plural persons are indeclinable ''nustyr'' "our", ''pustyr'' "your (pl.)" and ''sur'' "their". They must be followed by the definite article when preceding a noun, e.g. ''nustyr su petyr'' "our father", ''sur se kat'' "their cats". |
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