Verse:Irta (Old)/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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emphatic suffixes: -șă -să -șăn -șă -yă -șă -săn

==== Possessive pronouns ====

For possession, the ''ăn levăr ~~agum~~'' ('my book', lit. 'the book at me') construction is standard for most nouns except family members and body parts where possessive prefixes are used (cf. Revived Hebrew also usually uses הספר שלי ''ha-sefer šeli'' instead of ספרי ''sifri''); these nouns cannot take a definite article and must take a possessive prefix when definite.

For possession, the ''ăn levăr gum'' ('my book', lit. 'the book at me') construction is standard for most nouns except family members and body parts where possessive prefixes are used (cf. Revived Hebrew also usually uses הספר שלי ''ha-sefer šeli'' instead of ספרי ''sifri''); these nouns cannot take a definite article and must take a possessive prefix when definite.

Double-marking possessive constructions such as בֿא אהרן אַ-דֿר׳אָר אַק משה ''Vă Ăharăn '''a-dhŗor ag Mușă'''.'' 'Aaron was Moses' brother' (lit. his brother of Moses) is used for nouns where possessive suffixes are still used. Possessive prefixes are considered ''Learăgüsiș'' for other nouns.

*מאָ־בּֿראָהער' ''mă-bhrohăŗ'' /mə vrohəɹ/ 'my brother'; מ־אַר' ''m-aŗ'' /mahəɹ/ 'my father'

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''m-'' and ''d-'' are used before a vowel, or a lenited ''f'' results in an initial vowel.

=== List of inalienable nouns ===

Family:

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 emphatic suffixes: -șă -să -șăn -șă -yă -șă -săn
 ==== Possessive pronouns ====
-For possession, the ''ăn levăr agum'' ('my book', lit. 'the book at me') construction is standard for most nouns except family members and body parts where possessive prefixes are used (cf. Revived Hebrew also usually uses הספר שלי ''ha-sefer šeli'' instead of ספרי ''sifri''); these nouns cannot take a definite article and must take a possessive prefix when definite.
+For possession, the ''ăn levăr gum'' ('my book', lit. 'the book at me') construction is standard for most nouns except family members and body parts where possessive prefixes are used (cf. Revived Hebrew also usually uses הספר שלי ''ha-sefer šeli'' instead of ספרי ''sifri''); these nouns cannot take a definite article and must take a possessive prefix when definite.
 Double-marking possessive constructions such as בֿא אהרן אַ-דֿר׳אָר אַק משה ''Vă Ăharăn '''a-dhŗor ag Mușă'''.'' 'Aaron was Moses' brother' (lit. his brother of Moses) is used for nouns where possessive suffixes are still used. Possessive prefixes are considered ''Learăgüsiș'' for other nouns.
 *מאָ־בּֿראָהער' ''mă-bhrohăŗ'' /mə vrohəɹ/ 'my brother'; מ־אַר' ''m-aŗ'' /mahəɹ/ 'my father'
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 ''m-'' and ''d-'' are used before a vowel, or a lenited ''f'' results in an initial vowel.
 === List of inalienable nouns ===
 Family: