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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Hlau nouns do not inflect for number but take possessive prefixes for ''inalienable'' possession. Hlau nouns can take classifiers which serve many functions. Classifiers with possessive prefixes mark ''alienable'' possession.  
Hlau nouns do not inflect for number but take possessive prefixes for ''inalienable'' possession. Hlau nouns can take classifiers which serve many functions. Classifiers with possessive prefixes mark ''alienable'' possession.
 
Inalienable possession is most commonly used for family members ('the boy's mother'), body parts ('my arm') and inherent properties ('the prime factorization of 760') but may used for other nuances as well. As an example, ''vae-raev eotijin'' (with alienable possession) would be the usual way of saying 'my proof' (i.e. the proof that I devised of a mathematical statement), while ''vae-eotijin'' (using inalienable possession) suggests a more special or unique relationship, e.g. I am the one who originally proved the theorem.
 
Hlau uses a possessive prefix, either on a classifier placed before the possessum (classifiers are also used as definite articles) for alienable possession or directly on the possessum for inalienable possession.
 
Examples:
 
:''Teuk sju-raev hundeofin'' = the man's song (e.g. a song that he is singing)
:''Teuk sju-hundeofin'' = the man's song (i.e. a song authored by him)
 
:''Xi-ne zjeosm'' = my wife
:''*Xi-zjeosm''
 
:''Xi-bjaeng'' = my father
:''?Xi-ne bjaeng'' = the father assigned to me (?)
 
The possessive prefixes are as follows (they're always hyphenated):
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg  " style=" text-align: center;"
|+ Possessive prefixes
|-
!|
!style="width: 125px; "|Singular
!style="width: 125px; "|Plural
|-
!|1 (informal)
|''xjeo-''
|''tseo-''
|-
!|1 (formal)
|colspan="2"|''vae-''
|-
!|2 (informal)
|''lju-''
|''krjeo-''
|-
!|2 (formal)
|colspan="2"|''za-''
|-
!|3 (animate)
|colspan="2"|''sju-''
|-
!|3 (inanimate)
|colspan="2"|''reo-''
|}


===Classifiers===
===Classifiers===
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