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====Possession==== | ====Possession==== | ||
Nouns can be marked directly for possession, absorbing the role possessive adjectives have in many European languages. The markers are -itä, -ikä, -inä corresponding to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd singular and follow the number marker. Thus ''siidinä'' 'his hope' and ''siiditän'' 'our (excl.) hope'. | Nouns can be marked directly for possession, absorbing the role possessive adjectives have in many European languages. The markers are -itä, -ikä, -inä corresponding to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd singular and follow the number marker. Thus ''siidinä'' 'his hope' and ''siiditän'' 'our (excl.) hope'. Although they are written with "unweakened" consonants they are to be pronounced as if written with the weakened set. | ||
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{{Välyatalle silma declension|silma}} | {{Välyatalle silma declension|silma}} | ||