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'''Possession''' may be also expressed with the genitive case (topic marking is the most common way, but in some cases this may be needed syntactically; there is a verb ''cārake'' translating as "to have, possess", but it's fairly literary and high-styled). "To be" may or may not be present: | '''Possession''' may be also expressed with the genitive case (topic marking is the most common way, but in some cases this may be needed syntactically; there is a verb ''cārake'' translating as "to have, possess", but it's fairly literary and high-styled). "To be" may or may not be present: | ||
: '''''kvyāti''' giṣṭarire lalāruṇa ( | : '''''kvyāti''' giṣṭarire lalāruṇa (vi)'' "The hero has a young lalāruṇa." (literally "of the hero is the young lalāruṇa (the lalāruṇa that is young)") | ||
: '''''pogi''' gu cūllanagdha'' "My village does not have a velodrome." (literally "of my village is no velodrome") | : '''''pogi''' gu cūllanagdha'' "My village does not have a velodrome." (literally "of my village is no velodrome") | ||