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| *aẓ̌āma ṣinžīna | | *aẓ̌āma ṣinžīna wig‘u ayyithām | ||
| person-GEN.SG cat-NOM.PL milk-ACC.SG 3PL-CONCL/IPFV/drink | | person-GEN.SG cat-NOM.PL milk-ACC.SG 3PL-CONCL/IPFV/drink | ||
| 'The person's cats are drinking the milk'}} | | 'The person's cats are drinking the milk'}} | ||
The genitive can also serve as a general oblique case, used for the indirect object with verbs like ''* | The genitive can also serve as a general oblique case, used for the indirect object with verbs like ''*nadi’'' ('to give'). | ||
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| *ṣinžūna | | *ṣinžūna wig‘u ’a-ndi’ | ||
| cat-GEN.PL milk-ACC.SG 1SG-CONCL/PFV/give | | cat-GEN.PL milk-ACC.SG 1SG-CONCL/PFV/give | ||
| 'I gave the cats milk'}} | | 'I gave the cats milk'}} | ||
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| *ṣinžūna | | *ṣinžūna wagi‘ ’asithumu ndi’ | ||
| cat-ACC.PL milk 1SG-INF/make_drink <nowiki>=</nowiki>CONCL/give | | cat-ACC.PL milk 1SG-INF/make_drink <nowiki>=</nowiki>CONCL/give | ||
| 'I let the cats drink the milk'}} | | 'I let the cats drink the milk'}} |
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