User:IlL/A Danified analytic Neo-Arabic: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
m
Line 259: Line 259:
There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatentation: ''szem malkaz'' = the king's name.
There is no construct state, unlike in Biblical Hebrew. Genitives are expressed with concatentation: ''szem malkaz'' = the king's name.


To say "this X" or "that X", ''X-az fu'' and ''X-az szom'' (lit. "the X here" and "the X there") are used. To say "this" and "that", you say ''ze fu'' and ''ze szom'' (where the ''ze'' can be inflected).
To say "this X" or "that X", ''X-az fu'' and ''X-az szom'' (lit. "the X here" and "the X there") are used. To say "this" and "that", you say ''ze fu'' and ''ze szom'' (where the ''ze'' becomes ''ilø'' in the plural).


The abstract demonstrative is ''zuth''.
The abstract demonstrative is ''zuth''.
138,726

edits

Navigation menu