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Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þá żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too when the noun is definite and animate: ''míns fadiers żáve''. | Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þá żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too when the noun is definite and animate: ''míns fadiers żáve''. | ||
For "have", in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, one can use | For "have", in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, one can use an Arabic-influenced construction ''At mír sinь tvy sunie.'' "I have two sons." | ||
The construction "et finsь" (there is) can take nominative or accusative objects. | The construction "et finsь" (there is) can take nominative or accusative objects. |
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