Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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:''the priest's book'' | :''the priest's book'' | ||
Note that the bound possessum state takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free | Note that the bound possessum state takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free possessum forms which always have non-desinential downstep; compare the bound possessum form ''ā́batý'' ('the book of... [his]') with the free possessum form ''ā́báty'' ('his book'). | ||
Should the possessum be indefinite, it simply takes the indefinite form: | Should the possessum be indefinite, it simply takes the indefinite form: | ||