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===Possession=== | ===Possession=== | ||
"X of Y" = X-3SG Y or X-Y (e.g. ''weinyti boclofabim'' 'the Clofabian's brother' or ''xafut huar'' = 'the color of the house') | "X of Y" = X-3SG Y or X-Y (e.g. ''weinyti boclofabim'' 'the Clofabian's brother' or ''xafut huar'' = 'the color of the house') | ||
===Obviation=== | |||
===Applicatives=== | ===Applicatives=== | ||
Applicative affixes make a verb's prepositional or oblique object into its direct object (cf. ''be-'' in English ''bemoan'' 'to complain about'). Applicatives are as much a stylistic or pragmatic choice as syntactic (see below) or lexical. Some verbs may use multiple applicative prefixes, when they do so is difficult to predict. | Applicative affixes make a verb's prepositional or oblique object into its direct object (cf. ''be-'' in English ''bemoan'' 'to complain about'). Applicatives are as much a stylistic or pragmatic choice as syntactic (see below) or lexical. Some verbs may use multiple applicative prefixes, when they do so is difficult to predict. | ||