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*Third person animate singular: ''tzi-'', ''tz-'' | *Third person animate singular: ''tzi-'', ''tz-'' | ||
*Third person animate plural: ''ang-'', ''ang-'' | *Third person animate plural: ''ang-'', ''ang-'' | ||
*Third person inanimate: '' | *Third person inanimate: ''po-'', ''pw-'' | ||
*Fourth person (AKA obviative): ''ma-'', ''m-'' | *Fourth person (AKA obviative): ''ma-'', ''m-'' | ||
*Indefinite: ''bi-'', ''biy-'' | *Indefinite: ''bi-'', ''biy-'' | ||
Hantza has an alienable-inalienable possession distinction. Indeed, some nouns, most commonly body parts, family members and homes. The indefinite prefix is used if there is no specific possessor. | Hantza has an alienable-inalienable possession distinction. Indeed, some nouns, most commonly body parts, family members and homes. The indefinite prefix is used if there is no specific possessor. | ||
This word for "father" and "mother" (''-ad'' and ''-bo'') are animate and inalienable and are used as examples in the tables below: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 385px; text-align:center;" | |||
! | |||
! colspan="2" |''-ad'' "father" | |||
! colspan="2" |''-bo'' "mother" | |||
|- | |||
! style="width: 77px; " | | |||
! style="width: 77px; " |Singular | |||
! style="width: 77px; " |Plural | |||
! style="width: 77px; " |Singular | |||
! style="width: 77px; " |Plural | |||
|- | |||
! 1SG | |||
| wad | |||
| wadit | |||
| obo | |||
| obit | |||
|- | |||
! 1PL | |||
| azzad | |||
| azzadit | |||
| asbo | |||
| asbit | |||
|- | |||
! 2SG | |||
| kwad | |||
| kwadit | |||
| kubo | |||
| kubit | |||
|- | |||
! 2SG | |||
| rad | |||
| radit | |||
| rabo | |||
| rabit | |||
|- | |||
! 3SG.AN | |||
| tzad | |||
| tzadit | |||
| tzibo | |||
| tzibit | |||
|- | |||
! 3PL.AN | |||
| angad | |||
| angadit | |||
| angbo | |||
| angbit | |||
|- | |||
! 3.IN | |||
| pwad | |||
| pwadit | |||
| pobo | |||
| pobit | |||
|- | |||
! OBV | |||
| mad | |||
| madit | |||
| mabo | |||
| mabit | |||
|- | |||
! INDEF | |||
| biyad | |||
| biyadit | |||
| bibo | |||
| bibit | |||
|} | |||
In addition to this, there is an "integral possession" suffix, ''-ar'', used together with the possession prefix, which indicates that the possessed noun is part of its possessor. | In addition to this, there is an "integral possession" suffix, ''-ar'', used together with the possession prefix, which indicates that the possessed noun is part of its possessor. | ||