Knašta/-Ins In Speech And Literature

-Ins (ɪns) is the genitive ending for nouns in Knašta. This article details its prevalence in speech and literature. Overall, -ins tends to be used more in writing than in spoken language.

-Ins In Speech

In spoken language, -ins is generally only used to indicate possession. Other places where -ins can be used typically use the word dos (of) instead. Words that show possession also tend to be before the objects they are possessing.

Examples

Jo-ins elektrokalkůratůra ní marša.
My computer doesn't work.

Joj ní kanel soportsí sé plana dos jo-ins foða.
I cannot support my father's plan.

Sé ňos-ins rœma sen-ǰis totanítska.
The person's room was huge.

Žetsanés Janský-ins dozjatí dos jésůnd.
Throw away Jansky's medical file.

Kwen íl sen-ǰis al kindér, Hitler sen-ŗoska drast íl til-kanel bíkoma sé leďeska dos Dojtsland.
When he was a child Hitler said that he would become the leader of Germany.

Kwo ǰis drast plana dos ataka?
What's this plan of attack?

-Ins In Literature

In literature, -ins is used to mark possession, and in many places where dos is used (most remarkably -ins is never used to turn nouns into adjectives, like dos jésůnd, which means healthy, but can be literally translated as of health). Nouns, not pronouns, that show possession tend to be after the objects they are possessing.

Examples

Jo-ins elektrokalkůratůra ní marša.
My computer doesn't work.

Joj ní kanel soportsí sé plana jo-ins foða-ins.
I cannot support my father's plan. Notice how dos is left out, and foða becomes genitive.

Sé rœma ňos-ins sen-ǰis totanítska.
The person's room was huge. Notice how ňos-ins (person) is after rœma (room), the object it is possessing.

Žetsanés sé dozjatí jésůnd-ins Janský-ins.
Throw away Jansky's medical file.

Kwen íl sen-ǰis al kindér, Hitler sen-ŗoska drast íl til-kanel bíkoma sé leďeska Dojtsland-ins.
When he was a child Hitler said that he would become the leader of Germany.

Kwo ǰis drast plana ataka-ins?
What's this plan of attack?