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Possessives are the | Possessives are enclitical, so they need always that the substantive they are referred to is explicit. If they have to be used as pronouns, then they are used with the definite article: | ||
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!'''ew''' | !'''ew''' | ||
| | |-yf | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''hi''' | !'''hi''' | ||
| | |-ys | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''o''' | !'''o''' | ||
| | |-yt | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''ỳ''' | !'''ỳ''' | ||
| | |-yt | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''fys''' | !'''fys''' | ||
| | |-oen | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''ffy''' | !'''ffy''' | ||
| | |-edd | ||
|- | |- | ||
!'''oe''' / '''ae''' | !'''oe''' / '''ae''' | ||
| | |-yn | ||
|} | |} | ||
Here are some examples: | |||
* ''To | * ''To aelŵr·yf > To·yf'' - My cat > Mine; | ||
* ''To | * ''To kuwn·ys > To·ys'' - Your dog > Yours; | ||
* ''To | * ''To gunys·yt > To·yt'' - His wife > His; | ||
* ''To | * ''To enyr·yt > To·yt'' - Her man > Hers; | ||
* ''To | * ''To thyr·oen > To·oen'' - Our animal > Ours; | ||
* ''To | * ''To ffil·edd > To·edd'' - Your friend > Yours; | ||
* ''To | * ''To kalen·yn > To·yn'' - Their heart > Theirs. | ||
Plural: | Plural: | ||
* ''To | * ''To aelŵroe·yf > To·yf'' - My cats > Mine; | ||
* ''To | * ''To kunoe·ys > To·ys'' - Your dogs > Yours; | ||
* ''To | * ''To gunae·yt > To·yt'' - His wifes > His; | ||
* ''To | * ''To annyr·yt > To·yt'' - Her men > Hers; | ||
* ''To | * ''To thyras·oen > To·oen'' - Our animals > Ours; | ||
* ''To | * ''To ffiloe·edd > To·edd'' - Your friends > Yours; | ||
* ''To | * ''To kalenae·yn > To·yn'' - Their hearts > Theirs. | ||
The point between the word and the enclitic possessive underlines that the accent doesn't move, that is a noun in its "possessive form" has the accent on the last but two syllable. | |||
====Relatives and 'interro-exclamatories'==== | ====Relatives and 'interro-exclamatories'==== | ||