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==== Possessives ==== | ==== Possessives ==== | ||
Sometimes you want to say something belongs to something else. You turn a noun into a possessive noun to do so. If we have someone named ''[[Contionary: klaid#Brooding|Klaid]]'' (Clyde in English), we make it a possessive by inserting an ‹l› after the last vowel. ''[[Contionary: | Sometimes you want to say something belongs to something else. You turn a noun into a possessive noun to do so. If we have someone named ''[[Contionary: klaid#Brooding|Klaid]]'' (Clyde in English), we make it a possessive by inserting an ‹l› after the last vowel. ''[[Contionary: Klaid#Brooding|Klaid]]'' becomes ''[[Contionary: Klaild#Brooding|Klaild]]''. So ‘Cylde’s tree’ is translated as ''[[Contionary: geeth#Brooding|geeth]] [[Contionary: Klaild#Brooding|Klaild]]''. | ||
If the noun you want to turn into a possessive has a final consonant of ‹l› or ‹r›, you'll have to add ‹-li-› for all forms that end in ‹l›, and for the singular form that ends in ‹r›. E.g. ''[[Contionary: nool#Brooding|nool]]'' ‘world’ → ''[[Contionary: noolil#Brooding|noolil]]'' ‘world’s’, ''[[Contionary: dar#Brooding|dar]]'' ‘crowd’ → ''[[Contionary: dalir#Brooding|dalir]]'' ‘crowd’s’. | If the noun you want to turn into a possessive has a final consonant of ‹l› or ‹r›, you'll have to add ‹-li-› for all forms that end in ‹l›, and for the singular form that ends in ‹r›. E.g. ''[[Contionary: nool#Brooding|nool]]'' ‘world’ → ''[[Contionary: noolil#Brooding|noolil]]'' ‘world’s’, ''[[Contionary: dar#Brooding|dar]]'' ‘crowd’ → ''[[Contionary: dalir#Brooding|dalir]]'' ‘crowd’s’. | ||