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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 and animate: ''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 and animate: ''míns fadiers żáve''.


For "have", in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, one can use a construction ''Et findieþ mír tvy sunie.'' "I have two sons." (lit. It finds me two sons)
For "have", in addition to using ''hán'' 'to have' like other Germanic languages, one can use a construction ''Et finsь mír tvy sunie.'' "I have two sons."


The construction "et findieþ" (there is) takes accusative objects.
The construction "et finsь" (there is) can take nominative or accusative objects.


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