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|{{sc|respective}}||assaht ''just rulers''||àrkààt́a ''noble elks'' | |{{sc|respective}}||assaht ''just rulers''||àrkààt́a ''noble elks'' | ||
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|{{sc|disrespective}}|| | |{{sc|disrespective}}||aldaht ''treacherous rulers''||àmkààt́a ''wretched elks'' | ||
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=====Possession===== | =====Possession===== | ||
All nouns change for possession. | All nouns change for possession, which can be broadly divided into alienable and inalienable possession. The marking for alienable possession is achieved by means of certain prefixes which indicate the person and their number. | ||
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:"They have a dog (lit. their-dog he)" | :"They have a dog (lit. their-dog he)" | ||
:''yaḡaaj ẕal yùśi jee'' | |||
:"They have some rocks (lit. {{sc|3sg.poss}};rock many {{sc|3pl.poss}};it he)" | |||
:''hùhassat haryań'' | |||
:"Our noble rulers" | |||
To show inalienable possession, which is reserved for family members, body parts, etc., the word gains the enclitic version of the relevant pronoun as a prefix. | |||
:''ha-pàs'' | |||
:"My mother (lit. I-mother)" | |||
:''je-wel'' | |||
:"Her nose (lit. she-nose)" | |||
:''je-wel yaśi ha-pàs'' | |||
:"My mother's nose (lit. {{sc|3sg}}-nose {{sc|3sg.poss}};it {{sc|1sg}}-mother)" | |||
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