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Another structure that has a parallel formation in Greek, the genitive interposed between the article and noun, is found to this day in official, formal written Lifashian, as well as in certain speech forms (fixed phrases or official speeches such as Presidential speeches or court verdicts); e.g. ''tí tosy ondúhé haki'' "human rights" (lit. "the rights of the person"), ''at tyám Lífasyám mulúman'' (Parliament of the Lifashians). | Another structure that has a parallel formation in Greek, the genitive interposed between the article and noun, is found to this day in official, formal written Lifashian, as well as in certain speech forms (fixed phrases or official speeches such as Presidential speeches or court verdicts); e.g. ''tí tosy ondúhé haki'' "human rights" (lit. "the rights of the person"), ''at tyám Lífasyám mulúman'' (Parliament of the Lifashians). | ||
Titles (adpositions) follow the proper names they refer to and are not used with any article (e.g. ''Iyústinyanos iluhan rómeyás'' "Roman Emperor Justinian (I)"), unless they include an adjective not part of the title itself, in which case this usually precedes the noun (e.g. ''Nikoláy 2. so ejesiyás iluhan | Titles (adpositions) follow the proper names they refer to and are not used with any article (e.g. ''Iyústinyanos iluhan rómeyás'' "Roman Emperor Justinian (I)"), unless they include an adjective not part of the title itself, in which case this usually precedes the noun (e.g. ''Nikoláy 2. so ejesiyás iluhan róssyás'' "Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia").<br/>Titles however regularly use possessives or other determinatives (e.g. ''Syáhpúr barté minso'' "my brother Syáhpúr"). | ||
As for placenames: | As for placenames: | ||