Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench: Difference between revisions
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There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatenation: ''šem mawkas'' = the king's name. | There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatenation: ''šem mawkas'' = the king's name. | ||
To say "this X" or "that X", ''X- | To say "this X" or "that X", ''X-as fu'' and ''X-as feni'' (lit. "the X here" and "the X there") are used. To say "this" and "that", you say ''se fu'' and ''se feni'' (where the ''se'' becomes ''ilø'' in the plural). | ||
The abstract demonstrative is ''suð''. | The abstract demonstrative is ''suð''. | ||