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Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí dżáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too: ''míns fadiers dżáve''. | Usually the genitive is placed after the noun: ''þí dżáve míns fadiers'' 'my father's gift', but genitive before noun is acceptable too: ''míns fadiers dżáve''. | ||
For predicative possession {{PAGENAME}}, instead of using 'have' like other Germanic languages, uses a construction similar to Irish: ''Et | For predicative possession {{PAGENAME}}, instead of using 'have' like other Germanic languages, uses a construction similar to Irish: ''Et finsь at mir 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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**''Ýrland.'' = 'Ireland.' | **''Ýrland.'' = 'Ireland.' | ||
**''Rótsland.'' = 'Rotsland.' | **''Rótsland.'' = 'Rotsland.' | ||
*'' | *''Finsь at ú ...'' = 'Do you speak ...' | ||
**''... ýrsьk?'' = '... Irish?' | **''... ýrsьk?'' = '... Irish?' | ||
**''... gyversьk?'' = '... [[Ngivrith Taccnith|Hebrew]]?' | **''... gyversьk?'' = '... [[Ngivrith Taccnith|Hebrew]]?' | ||
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*''Já.'' = 'Yes.' | *''Já.'' = 'Yes.' | ||
*''Ný.'' = 'No.' | *''Ný.'' = 'No.' | ||
*''Et | *''Et finsь yncz at mir þiúsьk.'' = 'I can't speak Þiúdьsk.' | ||
*''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'')?' | ||