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Kämpya distinguishes alienable and inalienable possession. In both cases, possessors are marked with the cliticised case marker /ja/, and come before the noun they possess. But inalienable possessors are in Tone Class 2 e.g. | Kämpya distinguishes alienable and inalienable possession. In both cases, possessors are marked with the cliticised case marker /ja/, and come before the noun they possess. But inalienable possessors are in Tone Class 2 e.g. | ||
/dò̰k= | /dò̰k=jí bâṵn/ | ||
dog=GEN.INALIENABLE bone | dog=GEN.INALIENABLE bone | ||
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While alienable possessors are in Tone Class 1 e.g. | While alienable possessors are in Tone Class 1 e.g. | ||
/dô̰k= | /dô̰k=jì bâṵn/ | ||
dog=GEN.ALIENABLE bone | dog=GEN.ALIENABLE bone | ||
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/dô̰k= | /dô̰k=jì dà̰ bâṵn/ | ||
dog=GEN.ALIENABLE this bone | dog=GEN.ALIENABLE this bone | ||
This bone of the dog's (literally "the dog's this bone"). | This bone of the dog's (literally "the dog's this bone"). | ||
===Relative Clauses=== | ===Relative Clauses=== | ||