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::b) Possessive determiner | ::b) Possessive determiner | ||
:::''Sharíif mínkíis'' "Shariif's house" (lit. "Shariif his house") | :::''Sharíif mínkíis'' "Shariif's house" (lit. "Shariif his house") | ||
*Possessive phrases | *Possessive phrases have multiple uses besides possession. Many of these only allow a certain type of possessive construction. For example, ordinal numbers must use a genitive construction and pseudo-adpositions must use a possessive determiner. | ||
::e.g. Ordinal number construction: ''nínki afraád'' "the fourth man" (lit. "the man of four") NOT *''áfar nínkíshi'' "the man of four" (lit. "four its man"). | ::e.g. Ordinal number construction: ''nínki afraád'' "the fourth man" (lit. "the man of four") NOT *''áfar nínkíshi'' "the man of four" (lit. "four its man"). | ||
:::Pseudo- | :::Pseudo-adposition: ''mínki dhéxtíis'' "inside the house" (lit. "the house its inside") NOT ''dhéxti mínki'' "the house's inside" (lit. "the inside (of) the house"). | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||