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====Causative==== | ====Causative==== | ||
==Syntax== | |||
===Possession=== | |||
There are a variety of strategies to mark possession, ownership, and affiliation in Classical Aeranir, depending on many different factors. Alienable and inalienable possession are distinguished, as well the degree of control the possessor has over the possessee. | |||
Objects of inalienable possession are marked with the genitive of a personal or demonstrative pronoun. These include body parts, kinship and familiarity terms, personal attributes, emotions, or thoughts. These pronouns generally proceed the possessee, although that is not always the case, especially in poety. Singular pronouns ''tī'', ''nī'', ''cī'', ''sī'', ''ūrī'', and ''ūlī'' may be contracted to ''ti'', ''ni'', ''ci'', ''si'', ''ūri'', ''ūli'' before words starting with a vowel, and ''t<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''n<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''c<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''c<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''s<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''ūr<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', ''ūl<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' before words starting with ''i''. | |||
Alienable possession, including essentially all other categories, is marked via possessive adjectives. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" | |||
|+caption | Old Aeranir vowel phonemes<br>(circa 2200{{Smallcaps|[[New Imperial Age|bnia]]}}) | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | | |||
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | 1st person | |||
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | 2nd person | |||
! colspan="6" | 3rd person | |||
! rowspan="3" | reflexive | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | proximal | |||
! colspan="2" | distal | |||
! colspan="2" | medial | |||
|- | |||
! <small>singular</small> | |||
! <small>plural</small> | |||
! <small>singular</small> | |||
! <small>plural</small> | |||
! <small>singular</small> | |||
! <small>plural</small> | |||
! <small>singular</small> | |||
! <small>plural</small> | |||
! <small>singular</small> | |||
! <small>plural</small> | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! inalienable | |||
| ''tī''<br>''teī'' | |||
| ''īster'' | |||
| ''nī''<br>''neī'' | |||
| ''rester'' | |||
| ''sī''<br>''seī'' | |||
| ''seōδus'' | |||
| ''ūlī'' | |||
| ''ūlōδus'' | |||
| ''ustī'' | |||
| ''ustōδus'' | |||
| ''cī''<br>''ceī'' | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! alienable | |||
| ''tuius'' | |||
| ''eius'' | |||
| ''nuius'' | |||
| ''ruius'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''sīrius'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''ūluius'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''ustuius'' | |||
| ''cuius'' | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! subjective | |||
| ''tēteius'' | |||
| ''īvīsius'' | |||
| ''nēneius'' | |||
| ''urvīsius'' | |||
| ''seārius'' | |||
| ''seōsius'' | |||
| ''ūlārius'' | |||
| ''ūlōsius'' | |||
| ''ustārius'' | |||
| ''ustōsius'' | |||
| ''cēceius'' | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! objective | |||
| ''tivius'' | |||
| ''eōvōsius'' | |||
| ''nivius'' | |||
| ''rōvōsius'' | |||
| ''seōrius'' | |||
| ''seōnārius'' | |||
| ''ūlōrius'' | |||
| ''ūlōnārius'' | |||
| ''ustōrius'' | |||
| ''ustōnārius'' | |||
| ''civius'' | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="3" | | |||
! Inalienable | |||
! Alienable | |||
! Subjective | |||
! Objective | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | 1st person | |||
! colspan="2" | singular | |||
| ''tī''<br>''teī'' | |||
| ''tuius'' | |||
| ''tēteius'' | |||
| ''tivius'' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | plural | |||
| ''īster'' | |||
| ''eius'' | |||
| ''eōvōsius'' | |||
| ''eōvīsius'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | 2nd person | |||
! colspan="2" | singular | |||
| ''nī''<br>''neī'' | |||
| ''nuius'' | |||
| ''nēneius'' | |||
| ''nivius'' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | plural | |||
| ''ȥester'' | |||
| ''ȥuius'' | |||
| ''ȥōvōsius'' | |||
| ''ȥōvīsius'' | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="3" | reflexive | |||
| ''cī''<br>''ceī'' | |||
| ''cuius'' | |||
| ''cēceius'' | |||
| ''civius'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="6" | 3rd person | |||
! rowspan="2" | 3rd person | |||
! singular | |||
| ''sī''<br>''seī'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''sīrius'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''seārius'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''seōrius'' | |||
|- | |||
! plural | |||
| ''seōδus'' | |||
|} | |||
==Lexicon== | ==Lexicon== | ||
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