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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 possessum forms which always have non-desinential downstep; compare the bound possessum form ''ā́batý'' ('the book of | 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, | Should the possessum be indefinite and inanimate, the appositive construction "the-thing-of {{sc|possessor}}" is used: | ||
:'''''ā́bát négmē''''' | :'''''ā́bát satý négmē''''' | ||
:<small>book-SG.INDEF priest-SG.DEF</small> | :<small>book-SG.INDEF -3SG.M priest-SG.DEF</small> | ||
:''the priest' | :''a book of the priest'' | ||
This construction is not possible if the indefinite possessum is animate; in such cases Themsaran resorts to using the phrase ''cḗm(e) gle...'' (one of...) followed by the appropriate plural definite possessum. | |||
====Tonal patterns of nominals==== | ====Tonal patterns of nominals==== | ||