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Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too when the noun is definite: ''míns fadiers żáve''. | Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí żáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too when the noun is definite: ''míns fadiers żáve''. | ||
For predicative possession {{PAGENAME}}, | For predicative possession {{PAGENAME}}, in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, can use a construction similar to Irish: ''Et isь at mir tvý sunie.'' "I have two sons." (lit. There are two sons at me, like Irish ''Tá dhá mhac agam'') | ||
===Simple tenses=== | ===Simple tenses=== | ||