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Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too: ''míns fadiers żáve''. | Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too: ''míns fadiers żáve''. | ||
For predicative possession {{PAGENAME}}, instead of using 'have' like other Germanic languages, uses a construction similar to Irish: ''Et | For predicative possession {{PAGENAME}}, instead of using 'have' like other Germanic languages, uses a construction similar to Irish: ''Et isь at mir tvý sunie.'' "I have two sons." (lit. There are two sons at me, like Irish ''Tá dhá mhac agam'') | ||
===Simple tenses=== | ===Simple tenses=== | ||
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**''Já, ú máteþ.'' = 'Yes, you may.' | **''Já, ú máteþ.'' = 'Yes, you may.' | ||
*''Ný.'' = 'No.' | *''Ný.'' = 'No.' | ||
*''At mir | *''At mir isь yncz þiúsьk.'' = 'I can't speak Þiúsьk.' | ||
*''Mát ik ú þúten?'' = 'May I address you informally (i.e. using ''þú'')?' | *''Mát ik ú þúten?'' = 'May I address you informally (i.e. using ''þú'')?' | ||
*''Isь þat sanþ?'' = 'Is that true?' | *''Isь þat sanþ?'' = 'Is that true?' | ||