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Re: Of of

From:Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
Date:Saturday, April 1, 2006, 20:06
Emaelivpeith Carsten Becker <carbeck@...>:
> As For My Conlangs: > > (1) The King's horse > (2) The King's knight's horse
Asha'ille: (1) horse POSS.king "kkin so'dershár" (2) horse POSS.knight PREV.PHRASE POSS.king "kkin so'akyen 'yu so'dershár"
> Tarsyanian (in planning) > > (1) horse.CONSTR king > (2) horse.CONSTR knight.CONSTR king
Does "CONSTR" ("construction"?) just mark the possessed, rather than the possessor?
> Ukele (in planning) > > (1) horse king GEN > (2) horse knight king GEN GEN (maybe?!) > > where "GEN" is an article to the previous noun
This seems as though it would quickly become very difficult to follow, if there were an arbitrary number of possessors. Would ambiguity arise if it were "horse knight king GEN.MULITPLE" or such? -- AA http://conlang.arthaey.com

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