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* '''''[[Contionary: rinen#Modern Standard Imperial|rinen]]''''' ‘knee’ → '''''rerinen''''' ‘pair of knees’ → '''''kve rinen''''' ‘(many) knees’ | * '''''[[Contionary: rinen#Modern Standard Imperial|rinen]]''''' ‘knee’ → '''''rerinen''''' ‘pair of knees’ → '''''kve rinen''''' ‘(many) knees’ | ||
* '''''[[Contionary: yinkesh#Modern Standard Imperial|yinkesh]]''''' ‘wing’ → '''''yeyinkesh''''' ‘pair of wings’ → '''''kve yinkesh''''' ‘(many) wings’ | * '''''[[Contionary: yinkesh#Modern Standard Imperial|yinkesh]]''''' ‘wing’ → '''''yeyinkesh''''' ‘pair of wings’ → '''''kve yinkesh''''' ‘(many) wings’ | ||
====Possession==== | |||
Possession is indicated with the adposition '''''[[go]]'''''. In addition to standard possession of nouns, it is also used with pronouns to form the basis of the possessive pronouns rather than a separate genitive-like construction. (Old Imperial, however, did use genitive pronouns which were lost after The Expansion.) | |||
'''''[[Contionary: yìrku#Modern Standard Imperial|Yìrku]] [[Contionary: dà#Modern Standard Imperial|dà]] [[Contionary: go#Modern Standard Imperial|go]] [[Contionary: meu#Modern Standard Imperial|meu]] ([[Contionary: ei#Modern Standard Imperial|ei]]).'''''<br /> | |||
‘That is my stone.’<br /> | |||
(“That-thing stone of me [is].”) | |||
====Personal Pronouns==== | |||
Personal pronouns in modern Aterran Imperian are simple in scope, including first and second person singular and plural forms, and third person singular distinction between masculine and non-masculine grammatical gender. The third person plural does not have a gender distinction. The first person plural does not make a clusivity distinction (i.e. there is no differentiation between “we including you” and “we but not you.”) | |||
The personal pronouns are: | |||