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When a proper noun is possessing something, the suffixes '-s', or '-es' are used.  '-s' is suffixed onto proper nouns, such as names and places, and '-es' is suffixed onto regular nouns.  If the noun is definite, the genitive suffix comes after the enclitic article. This happens in both types of possession:
When a proper noun is possessing something, the suffixes '-s', or '-es' are used.  '-s' is suffixed onto proper nouns, such as names and places, and '-es' is suffixed onto regular nouns.  If the noun is definite, the genitive suffix comes after the enclitic article. This happens in both types of possession:


*<i>Alslands fylger/Flygen alslands</i> - Alslands women/the women of Alsland
*<i>Alslands fylger/Flygene alslands</i> - Alslands women/the women of Alsland
*<i>Kattenes ball/Ballet kattenes</i> - The cat's ball/The ball of the cat
*<i>Kattenes ball/Ballet kattenes</i> - The cat's ball/The ball of the cat


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