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. | 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 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. | ||
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'). | 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, inanimate ''and'' alienable, the appositive construction "{{sc|possessum}}, the-thing-of {{sc|possessor}}" is used | Should the possessum be indefinite, inanimate ''and'' alienable, the appositive construction "{{sc|possessum}}, the-thing-of {{sc|possessor}}" is used. | ||
This construction is not possible if the indefinite possessum is animate ''or'' inalienable; in such cases {{PAGENAME}} resorts to using the phrase '' | This construction is not possible if the indefinite possessum is animate ''or'' inalienable; in such cases {{PAGENAME}} resorts to using the phrase ''cēm gil...'' (one/some of...) followed by the appropriate plural definite possessum. | ||
====Tonal patterns of nominals==== | ====Tonal patterns of nominals==== | ||