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 In addition to this, there is an "integral possession" suffix, ''-ar'', used together with the possession prefix, which indicates that the possessed noun is part of its possessor. This is obvious in the examples of ''ofad'' "your meat" (food - alienable) and ''ofadar'' "my flesh" (body part - inalienable).
-To stress ownership the prefix ''-sa-'' is added to the root noun, before the possessive prefix:
+There are two distinct ways to stress ownership or possession. The first involves adding the prefix ''-sa-'' directly to the root noun:
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 |-
 | colspan="3" | My own son!
+|}
+The nuance here is "my son" as opposed to any other person's son.
+The second way to stress possession is to use the personal pronoun in a genitival construction:
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 218px; text-align:center;"
+|-
+| colspan="4" | Ohat pi wal?
+|-
+| colspan="4" | /ˌoˈhat pi wal/
+|-
+| colspan="4" | [ˌɔ.ˈħ̝äl pɪ wäl]
+|-
+| o-
+| -hat
+| pi
+| wal
+|-
+| <small>1SG</small>
+| <small>boy</small>
+| <small>from</small>
+| <small>1SG</small>
+|-
+| colspan="4" | ''My'' son?
 |}
 This is also used in similar expressions: "it is mine".
-Possessed nouns are used in conjunction with the definite article.
+Possessed nouns cannot be used in conjunction with the definite article.
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