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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. This is obvious in the examples of ''ofad'' "your meat" (food - alienable) and ''ofadar'' "my flesh" (body part - inalienable). | 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. This is obvious in the examples of ''ofad'' "your meat" (food - alienable) and ''ofadar'' "my flesh" (body part - inalienable). | ||
There are two distinct ways to stress ownership or possession. The first involves adding the prefix ''-sa-'' directly to the root noun: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 218px; text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 218px; text-align:center;" | ||
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| colspan="3" | My own son! | | colspan="3" | My own son! | ||
|} | |||
The nuance here is "my son" as opposed to any other person's son. | |||
The second way to stress possession is to use the personal pronoun in a genitival construction: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 218px; text-align:center;" | |||
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| colspan="4" | Ohat pi wal? | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" | /ˌoˈhat pi wal/ | |||
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| colspan="4" | [ˌɔ.ˈħ̝äl pɪ wäl] | |||
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| o- | |||
| -hat | |||
| pi | |||
| wal | |||
|- | |||
| <small>1SG</small> | |||
| <small>boy</small> | |||
| <small>from</small> | |||
| <small>1SG</small> | |||
|- | |||
| colspan="4" | ''My'' son? | |||
|} | |} | ||
This is also used in similar expressions: "it is mine". | This is also used in similar expressions: "it is mine". | ||
Possessed nouns | Possessed nouns cannot be used in conjunction with the definite article. | ||
==Personal== | ==Personal== | ||