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A common use of the genitive is to express possession, i.e. what would be translated by the English verb "to have" (there is a Chlouvānem verb, ''cārake'', which is translated as "to have, possess", but it is mostly used in legal or literary contexts, or set phrases). This is especially often done when the possessor is not an explicit topic (as in the second example). | A common use of the genitive is to express possession, i.e. what would be translated by the English verb "to have" (there is a Chlouvānem verb, ''cārake'', which is translated as "to have, possess", but it is mostly used in legal or literary contexts, or set phrases). This is especially often done when the possessor is not an explicit topic (as in the second example). | ||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
| phrase = | | phrase = vyāti giṣṭarire lalāruṇa. | ||
| gloss = hero-<small>GEN.SG</small>. be_young-<small>IND.PRES.3SG.INTERIOR.COMMON</small>. lalāruṇa.<small>DIR.SG</small>. | | gloss = hero-<small>GEN.SG</small>. be_young-<small>IND.PRES.3SG.INTERIOR.COMMON</small>. lalāruṇa.<small>DIR.SG</small>. | ||
| translation = The hero has a young lalāruṇa. | | translation = The hero has a young lalāruṇa. | ||