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===Izae=== | ===Izae=== | ||
Sometimes compounds in Arabo-Japanese use a construction called ''izae'', which works like ''ezāfe'' in Persian. An example is ''mūjika-e-āsumān'' "music of the spheres". | Sometimes compounds in Arabo-Japanese use a construction called ''izae'', which works like ''ezāfe'' in Persian. An example is ''mūjika-e-āsumān'' "music of the spheres". In some instances personal affixes are borrowed from Persian -- an example with ''te'' "hand": | ||
* 1sg teyan | |||
* 2sg teyatsu | |||
* 3sg teyashi | |||
* 1pl teyamān | |||
* 2pl teyatān | |||
* 3pl teyashān | |||
Sometimes emphatic pronouns are formed from the root ''fud-'' (''fudam'', ''fudatsu'', ''fudashi'' etc.) - these are the only true pronouns in Arabo-Japanese. Like Standard Japanese, Arabo-Japanese is pro-drop. | |||
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