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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}}, in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, can use a construction similar to Irish: ''Et isь at | 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 mír tvý sunie.'' "I have two sons." (lit. There are two sons at me, like Irish ''Tá dhá mhac agam'') | ||
===Simple tenses=== | ===Simple tenses=== | ||
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====Subjunctive==== | ====Subjunctive==== | ||
The subjunctive is used in subjunctive clauses specifying a wish or a requirement. | The subjunctive is used in subjunctive clauses specifying a wish or a requirement. | ||
:'''''Ik ví þat er blýve mid | :'''''Ik ví þat er blýve mid mír.''''' | ||
:''I want him to stay with me.'' | :''I want him to stay with me.'' | ||
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The ''þár-'' words are used for prepositional objects that are inanimates; the personal pronouns are used for animates. | The ''þár-'' words are used for prepositional objects that are inanimates; the personal pronouns are used for animates. | ||
*''Þí piane þat ik żáv jar fáde þankedь | *''Þí piane þat ik żáv jar fáde þankedь mír.'' = 'The woman I gave food to thanked me.' (lit. the woman that I gave her food) | ||
**Or: ''Þí piane jar ik żáv fáde þankedь | **Or: ''Þí piane jar ik żáv fáde þankedь mír.'' | ||
*''þe urd þat ik rián þárav'' or ''þe urd þárav ik rián'' = 'the place I ran from' | *''þe urd þat ik rián þárav'' or ''þe urd þárav ik rián'' = 'the place I ran from' | ||
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==Phrasebook== | ==Phrasebook== | ||
*''Hýl!'' = 'Hello!' | *''Hýl!'' = 'Hello!' | ||
**''Hýl | **''Hýl þír!'' = 'Hello!' (informal AND to one person) | ||
**''Hýl ú!'' = 'Hello!' (formal OR to more than one person) | **''Hýl ú!'' = 'Hello!' (formal OR to more than one person) | ||
*''Gáde murgen/dag/jévenþ/nachtie!'' = 'Good morning/afternoon/evening/night!' | *''Gáde murgen/dag/jévenþ/nachtie!'' = 'Good morning/afternoon/evening/night!' | ||
*''Vilьpiumen!'' = 'Welcome!' | *''Vilьpiumen!'' = 'Welcome!' | ||
*''gónetú'' (formal OR to more than one person) / '' | *''gónetú'' (formal OR to more than one person) / ''góneþír'' (informal AND to one person) = 'please' (lit. may it please you) | ||
*''Þank!'' = 'Thank you!' | *''Þank!'' = 'Thank you!' | ||
*''Rió isь | *''Rió isь mír.'' = 'I'm sorry.' | ||
*''Rió'sь.'' = 'Sorry.' | *''Rió'sь.'' = 'Sorry.' | ||
*''Fí hýtieþ úr?'' = 'What is your name?' | *''Fí hýtieþ úr?'' = 'What is your name?' | ||
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**''Já, úr máteþ.'' = 'Yes, you may.' | **''Já, úr máteþ.'' = 'Yes, you may.' | ||
*''Ný.'' = 'No.' | *''Ný.'' = 'No.' | ||
*''At | *''At mír isь yncz þiúsk.'' = 'I can't speak Þiúsk.' | ||
*''Mát ik ú þúten?'' = 'May I address you informally (i.e. using ''þú'')?' | *''Mát ik ú þúten?'' = 'May I address you informally (i.e. using ''þú'')?' | ||
*''Isь þat sanþ?'' = 'Is that true?' | *''Isь þat sanþ?'' = 'Is that true?' | ||
*''Góneþ ú...'' / ''Gónenь ú...'' = 'Do you like...' | *''Góneþ ú...'' / ''Gónenь ú...'' = 'Do you like...' | ||
*'' | *''mír góneþ... / mír gónenь...'' = 'I like...' | ||
*''Míne hond isь in varmenь vatienь.'' = My hand is in warm water. | *''Míne hond isь in varmenь vatienь.'' = My hand is in warm water. | ||
*''Mín stíl isь in míner hond.'' = My pen is in my hand. | *''Mín stíl isь in míner hond.'' = My pen is in my hand. | ||