Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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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 '' | 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 ''ābatā́'' ('the book of [his]') with the free possessum form ''ābátā'' ('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. | ||