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 possessed forms which always have non-desinential downstep; compare ''ā́batý'' ('the book of... [3sg.m]') with ''ā́báty'' ('his book').  
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: