Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions

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The possessum comes before the possessor. Adjectives that modify the possessum may be placed at any point after the possessum.

If the posssessum is definite, it assumes the ''bound possessum'' or ''conjunct'' form ~~(which takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free possessed forms which always have non-desinential downstep)~~ taking the pronominal suffix of gender and number appropriate for the possessor:

If the posssessum is definite, it assumes the ''bound possessum'' or ''conjunct'' form taking the pronominal suffix of gender and number appropriate for the possessor:

:''ā́batý négmē''

:'''''ā́batý négmē'''''

:book-SG-3SG.M.CONJ priest-SG.DEF

:book.SG-3SG.M.CONJ priest-SG.DEF

:''the priest's book''

Note that the bound possessum state takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free possessed forms which always have non-desinential downstep; compare ''ā́batý'' ('the book of... [3sg.m]') with ''ā́báty'' ('his book').

Should the possessum be indefinite, it simply takes the indefinite form:

:''ā́bát négmē''

:'''''ā́bát négmē'''''

:book-SG.INDEF priest-SG.DEF

:''the priest's book''

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 The possessum comes before the possessor. Adjectives that modify the possessum may be placed at any point after the possessum.
-If the posssessum is definite, it assumes the ''bound possessum'' or ''conjunct'' form (which takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free possessed forms which always have non-desinential downstep) taking the pronominal suffix of gender and number appropriate for the possessor:
+If the posssessum is definite, it assumes the ''bound possessum'' or ''conjunct'' form taking the pronominal suffix of gender and number appropriate for the possessor:
-:''ā́batý négmē''
+:'''''ā́batý négmē'''''
-:<small>book-SG-3SG.M.CONJ priest-SG.DEF</small>
+:<small>book.SG-3SG.M.CONJ priest-SG.DEF</small>
 :''the priest's book''
+Note that the bound possessum state takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free possessed forms which always have non-desinential downstep; compare ''ā́batý'' ('the book of... [3sg.m]') with ''ā́báty'' ('his book').
 Should the possessum be indefinite, it simply takes the indefinite form:
-:''ā́bát négmē''
+:'''''ā́bát négmē'''''
 :<small>book-SG.INDEF priest-SG.DEF</small>
 :''the priest's book''