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===Possession=== | ===Possession=== | ||
Kämpya distinguishes alienable and | Kämpya distinguishes alienable and inalienable possession. In both cases, possessors are marked with the cliticised case marker /ja/, and come before the noun they possess. But inalienable possessors are in Tone Class 2 e.g. | ||
/kʰwèi̤=já áˈjòṳ/ | /kʰwèi̤=já áˈjòṳ/ | ||
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This bone of the dog's (literally "the dog's this bone"). | This bone of the dog's (literally "the dog's this bone"). | ||
===Relative Clauses=== | ===Relative Clauses=== | ||