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 (which takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free possessed forms which always have non-desinential downstep) taking the pronominal suffix of gender and number appropriate for the possessor: ''ā́batý négmē'' 'the priest's book' | If the posssessum is definite, it assumes the ''bound possessum'' or ''conjunct'' form (which takes the same tonal pattern as the unpossessed forms, unlike the free possessed forms which always have non-desinential downstep) taking the pronominal suffix of gender and number appropriate for the possessor: | ||
:''ā́batý négmē'' | |||
:<small>book-SG-3SG.M.CONJ priest-SG.DEF</small> | |||
:''the priest's book'' | |||
Should the possessum be indefinite, it simply takes the indefinite form: 'ā́bát négmē' ' | Should the possessum be indefinite, it simply takes the indefinite form: | ||
:''ā́bát négmē'' | |||
:<small>book-SG.INDEF priest-SG.DEF</small> | |||
:''the priest's book'' | |||
====Tonal patterns of nominals==== | ====Tonal patterns of nominals==== | ||